The Impact of Gender Stereotypes on Child Development: A Critical Analysis of the Feminist Movie Dangal

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10.2991/assehr.k.211120.110How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Dangal; Feminist Movie; Gender inequality; Early Childhood Education; Diversity and Child development

Abstract

Gender inequality, as a diverse issue in early childhood education, has been long debated worldwide, especially in some Asian countries with conventional sociocultural backgrounds, which could have an irreversible impact on children’s future development. Based on critical analysis, this study will thus provide an insight into the impact of gender bias on children’s development by dissecting the film “Dangal”, which challenges decades of stereotypical roles of female like submissiveness and timidity in Indian films and endows women equal status with men to contend against patriarchy. From a feminist perspective, it will discuss how protagonists in the film break down preconceived stereotype of society’s division between males and females and transcend prejudice, so as to deeply understand the influence of gender bias on children’s development and provide suggestions for educators to implement in the future.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Simeng Wang
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/11/29
TI  - The Impact of Gender Stereotypes on Child Development: A Critical Analysis of the Feminist Movie Dangal
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 3rd International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 590
EP  - 594
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211120.110
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211120.110
ID  - Wang2021
ER  -