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Iconic Richard Scarry (childrens) books now reflect contemporary social values (1 Viewer)

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http://www.sbs.com.au/topics/life/f...-books-now-reflect-contemporary-social-values

However, in the 1960s and 70s when majority of his books were developed, parenting roles, domestic roles and particular occupations were very different to present day’s more inclusive and progressive landscape. While Scarry’s books illustrate almost all jobs as being performed by men, children of today require a more gender equal depiction of the workforce in order to combat these old-fashioned stereotypes.

Alan Taylor, a Senior Editor for the photo department of The Atlantic noticed the differences between his old editions of Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever and his children’s more recent book.






 

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This is quite interesting and a good step forward in breaking pointless gender roles.
 

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