Look at the picture below and write the profession for each person:
How do you know the profession of the person in the bottom left box? – Because she’s a woman of course. All the others are men, we couldn’t have a female surgeon after all.
This kindo of stereotype is rife, in chapters on jobs especially, but also sneaking into hobbies and every other topic -no female skateboarders or footballers, the computer nerd is always a boy, and the person interested in healthy food is always a girl.
BORING!
This ought to be a part of a name & shame meme on Twitter.
There are also the token househusbands, always white and the rest of the book relies entirely on stereotypes. Cliche bingo!