{"id":71,"date":"2025-03-13T20:07:18","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T20:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocks-teachertext\/chapter\/wacky-media-songs-you-do-you-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-14T17:06:40","modified_gmt":"2025-03-14T17:06:40","slug":"wacky-media-songs-you-do-you-2","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocks-teachertext\/chapter\/wacky-media-songs-you-do-you-2\/","title":{"raw":"Wacky Media Songs: You Do You!","rendered":"Wacky Media Songs: You Do You!"},"content":{"raw":"Have students access the student chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/buildingblocks\/chapter\/wacky-media-songs-you-do-you\/\">Wacky Media Songs: You Do You!<\/a> or show them the video in fullscreen.\r\n\r\n<strong>Before the video, ask:<\/strong> What are some ways that people who make toys, movies or games make it seem like some things are just for boys or just for girls?\r\n\r\n<strong>After the video, ask:<\/strong> Why do you think advertisers use stereotypes? (They save money by only advertising to the people they think are likely to buy something.)\r\n\r\nHow can stereotypes change how we see ourselves or other people? (Make sure your kids understand that there isn\u2019t anything wrong with girls liking princesses, or boys liking superheroes. The problem is if girls don\u2019t think they can like superheroes and boys think they can\u2019t like princesses.)\r\n\r\nExtension:\u00a0 Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/genderremixer.com\/html5\/\">Gendered Ad Remixer<\/a> to mix together ads aimed at boys and girls. How are they different?","rendered":"<p>Have students access the student chapter <a href=\"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/buildingblocks\/chapter\/wacky-media-songs-you-do-you\/\">Wacky Media Songs: You Do You!<\/a> or show them the video in fullscreen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Before the video, ask:<\/strong> What are some ways that people who make toys, movies or games make it seem like some things are just for boys or just for girls?<\/p>\n<p><strong>After the video, ask:<\/strong> Why do you think advertisers use stereotypes? (They save money by only advertising to the people they think are likely to buy something.)<\/p>\n<p>How can stereotypes change how we see ourselves or other people? (Make sure your kids understand that there isn\u2019t anything wrong with girls liking princesses, or boys liking superheroes. The problem is if girls don\u2019t think they can like superheroes and boys think they can\u2019t like princesses.)<\/p>\n<p>Extension:\u00a0 Use the <a href=\"https:\/\/genderremixer.com\/html5\/\">Gendered Ad Remixer<\/a> to mix together ads aimed at boys and girls. How are they different?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"menu_order":6,"template":"","meta":{"pb_show_title":"","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-71","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":65,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocks-teachertext\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/71","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocks-teachertext\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocks-teachertext\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocks-teachertext\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocks-teachertext\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/71\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327,"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocks-teachertext\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/71\/revisions\/327"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocks-teachertext\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/65"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocks-teachertext\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/71\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocks-teachertext\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocks-teachertext\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=71"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocks-teachertext\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=71"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/textbook.mediasmarts.ca\/blocks-teachertext\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=71"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}