ARE GENDER STEREOTYPES STILL RECOGNIZED IN YOUNG CHILDREN OF NEW GENERATION?
ARE GENDER STEREOTYPES STILL RECOGNIZED IN YOUNG CHILDREN OF NEW GENERATION?

Summary/Abstract: Everybody is talking about how young generation is more open, more aware of the diversity, more willing to try, to change, to cross barrier. They are described as iGen (Twenge, 2017) or Linkster Generation (Johnson & Johnson, 2012) and the specialist anticipate important differences in how this generation experience life. In the present research we were interested to check if well recognized gender stereotypes are still identifiable in children or if they are blurred in the light of technology. The results showed that the stereotypes are found both in 5-6 years old children and in 10-11 years old, with only minor differences. Also, the gender of the respondents is not a significant criterion in differentiated the frequencies of the stereotypes. Implication of the findings are also discussed as more in-depth research on the field are necessary.

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