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In his TED Talk, Colin Stokes argues that gender roles are formed at a young age through mass media like movies. He uses personal stories about watching films like Wizard of Oz and Star Wars with his children to show that movies typically portray women as needing to be rescued, while promoting stereotypical ideas of masculinity. Stokes backs up his point with statistics on the Bechdel test and the lack of prominent female roles. He calls for "teaching manpower" to boys, meaning promoting compassion and equa

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Joseph Martino

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