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Must monsters always be male? Huge gender bias revealed in children’s books

By The Guardian 1/20/2018

“…Male characters are twice as likely to take leading roles in children’s picture books and are given far more speaking parts than females, according to Observerresearch that shines a spotlight on the casual sexism apparently inherent in young children’s reading material. …”

Read the entire article: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/jan/21/childrens-books-sexism-monster-in-your-kids-book-is-male