Lefty academic slams children's book Harry the Dog and classics by Dr Seuss and Disney for 'sexist stereotypes' - even taking issue with the use of the word 'HE'

Classic children's stories like Harry the Dog, Dr Seuss and Disney tales have been slammed by an Australian academic for being 'outdated, sexist and racist'.

Dr Helen Adam from Western Australia's Edith Cowan University says many family favourites should be pulled off the shelves and replaced by more inclusive books.

'The world represented in children's books reflects predominantly middle class, heterosexual male heroes and characters,' Dr Adam says in a new study.

'Sadly, evidence from the last 30 years suggests a longstanding problem with gender representation in children's books.

'Representation of children and families outside of the traditional heteronormative understandings are most often absent in children's books.'

Harry The Dog came under fire for using the 'gendered pronoun 'he' for the main character' and showing 'active' boys brushing the dog, while 'nurturing' girls patted him.

Male characters outnumbered female by 3:1 in Gene Zion's 1956 classic, she noted, and depicted a nuclear family with a homemaker mother and businessman father.

Some Dr Seuss books like the Cat In The Hat, published in 1957, were attacked for promoting white supremacy and racism through its characters and storyline.

'Dr Seuss books portray minority cultures in stereotypical or exotic ways and often in subservient roles to white characters,' wrote Dr Adam in an earlier study.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10281949/Western-Australian-academic-slams-childrens-classics-like-Dr-Seuss-Disney-sexist-stereotypes.html

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Biden CHANGES words of the Declaration of Independence to include 'women'

A historical fraud. The declaration is an historical document, not a creed

In opening his two-day Democracy Summit on Thursday, President Joe Biden amended the U.S. Declaration of Independence when quoting it to make sure it included 'women and men'.

'American democracy is an ongoing struggle to live up to our highest ideals and to heal our divisions, to recommit ourselves to the founding idea of our nation captured in our Declaration of Independence, not unlike many of your documents,' Biden said in opening remarks.

'We say, 'We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all women and men are created equal endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights, among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,'' he said in quoting the document but changing it to be inclusive of women.

The Declaration of Independence was drafted by a committee made up of Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston.

In the past, Biden has flubbed the words or paraphrased the document.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10290463/Biden-pledges-voting-rights-legislation-priority.html

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