Gender messages in girls' puberty books: A focus on parent representation.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study provides an ethnographic lens to understand gender messages in girls' puberty books, focusing on the representation of parents in both text and images.

Methods

A content and thematic analysis was performed on 22 children's books on girls' pubertal development drawn from Amazon bestselling books on Children's Health & Maturing.

Results

Content analysis results demonstrated an imbalance in the representation of parents in books about girls' pubertal development. Mothers appeared and were mentioned in the text significantly more than fathers. Mothers relative to fathers also were depicted significantly more in illustrations with positive expressions (e.g., smiling) while talking or interacting with their daughters. Fathers were under-represented a

SUBMITTER: Carter R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11791729 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature