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Gender Dynamics on the Cartoon "Peanuts"

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Forum #5: Peanuts

Read the article by Jennifer Finney Boylan about Charles Schultz's famed comic strip Peanuts.  What “Peanuts” Taught Me About Queer Identity | The New Yorker

Watch the following clip of an episode of Peanuts regarding difficulties with gender identity and how (particularly young) males and females communicate.  In this case (as you'll see in the article), Peppermint Pattie is never really given a "gender identity."  She dresses like a boy, is tough and athletic, and her best friend calls her "sir."  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qxIe3YE-afU 

Assignment: Can something as simple as a cartoon for children actually explain gender dynamics and how they function on an adult level?  What difficulties or issues that individuals of all gender identities struggle with are present in this cartoon?  How do you walk away from the reading and viewing feeling about gender and how it is expressed and complicated it actually is?

 

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Forum 5: Peanuts
Entertainment for children has a thin line separating it from that of adults. Something as simple as a cartoon for children often carries strong messages about gender dynamics and other social issues, and how these dynamics function at adult levels. The producers of such cartoon programs are adults who base their creativity on society and what goes on daily. Creating content based on children's behavior is challenging because they learn from their environments. This is seen in the various personality issues that adults go through, but it is available in the cartoon.
For example, the cartoon Peanuts is meant for children but talks about beauty competition. We do not expect children to have knowledge of beauty and how i...
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