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Multitudes of studies have examined the effects of societal and parental influences on
children's own beliefs about gender roles and stereotypes. This paper, which is an
elaboration of a group project** created by the Gender Boundaries Group* conducted in
Eugene Matusov's Fall 1996 class, Psychology 100G, studies the research surrounding
gender roles and stereotypes perpetuated by parents onto their children via modeling,
clothing, toys, and television exposure, and its effects have been considered in an
attempt to encourage a gender neutral environment.
*The Gender Boundaries Group consists of: Barbara Burns, Dave Fellner, Elizabeth
Hom, Deborah Ingram, Edward Rivera, Lorraine Villoria, and Mary Zinsmeyer.
**My specific contribution to the group project centered on societal influences on
children and is included in the text of this report as the second paragraph. My extension

of the group project, this final paper, includes research conducted via the World......

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