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Their grandfather, Pappy, is another example of a fun loving male. In our text, this name has negative connotation. The only female friend of Olie’s is named Polly and as we learned Male characters like the above mentioned Uncle Gizmo can and do act silly andĮxamples that I could go on giving seem endless. That particular episode is about a holiday that they call Sillyįemales can act silly, have fun and not work only on special holidays while the Polie acting silly and not doing work in one episode. The female’s job to perform the household chores and childcare (reproductive Message that supports androcentric, gender stereotypical thinking that it is Males have fun while females work.īrings me to the last character that I will describe and that is Mrs.Īn exaggerated high pitched voice and frequently says the words, “oh, my.” She is always portrayed doing housework, especiallyīaking in the kitchen, running errands like going to the grocery store and Uncle Gizmo’s character makes a statement that males are more funįemales in the show doing are household chores, errands, child care…work. Polie and swings her around in a dance typeįashion all in good fun making her blush and giggle. He is single, he drives a motorcycle and is Is potrayed as an Elvis type of person who is always having fun. If this were false, then their would be moreįemale characters on the show than male characters and the female characters Note that the most important characters inĪndrocentric thinking that males are more important than females. Why aren’t the Bevels portrayed as havingīevel is Olie’s best friend and is an important character in the show. How the male characters are more in number than the female characters. I mention this to give just one example of Neighbors are the Bevels and they are the square shape robot family mentionedįamily aside from the previously mentioned cat is Mrs. No mistake that the cat in the show is portrayed as female and even it’s name, Pet on the show is the neighbor’s cat, Dicie and she is female. This suggests that it is okay for females to only dream of being like super hero males. On the porch watching her brother play, when she falls asleep and dreams ofīeing a super hero, she only dreams it. When Zowie asks if she can play and be Super Zowie, Olie tells One episode Olie is pretending to be Space Boy. She always plays with dollies as they areĬalled on the show and she is frequently portrayed helping her mother in the She is never in anything other than a dress. Is Olie’s younger sister and she is portrayed as a gender typical girl. The whole rescuing the girl dollies fromīoys/men rescue weak, helpless girls/women. Nurturing but typical way, such as rescuing them from danger. Like dolls and if they do it is to be done grudgingly and then in a non Instead, they were portrayed as boys rescuing the little, helpless, girl Tender or loving while playing with the dolls. With the dolls, but in a stereotypical, adventuresome way. As the episode continues, the boys out of desperation, end up playing That “bigbot” boys don’t play with dollies. The boys immediately groan, roll their eyes and tell the little girl Sister suggests that they play with dollies. On this particular episode, Olie and his best friend, Billy are boardĪnd cannot think of anything to play with or any games to play that they have But, this particular episode demonstrates There is one episode in which Olie is shown playing with dolls. Playing with stereotypical “boy” toys as is evidenced on every episode when he Of the male characters, has the typically thought of lower tone voice than the This is an example of gender stereotypical colors worn by men and How the women are dressed as will be explained later. He dresses in blues and browns just like his dad and this contrasts with
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Suspenders just like his dad on the show. Supporting characters using examples from various episodes of how these This paper I will first analyze the main character and then many of the The round robots live in tea pots and the This is reflective of the white race beingĬonsidered the norm in today’s society while any nonwhites are noted to beīetween round and square robots is also depicted by where they live. It is made known that they are different and come from the planet Squarey. Some of the robots are square in shape and Most of the characters are round and live on the round planet. In fact, none of the characters work at paid That none of them are breadwinners because none of them work. In the main character and the supporting characters on the show, as I willīy robots, which made me think at first that it would be futuristic andĬontradiction to the stereotypical depiction of men on the show and that is
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Polie Olie is a children’s prorgram that is androcentric in the gender stereotypical roles that it portrays