Hmm. You tell me…
It’s all quite multi-layered. While depicting Dad as some kind of Neanderthal, the designers *still* manage to hold Mom up to unrealistic body-image standards. I mean, what could be more suitable for pitchside than a tight-fitting mini dress and high-heel pumps?
And sporty kid is, well, obviously, a boy (with a frickin’ bowtie, just in case you were unsure).
I guess reductionist gender-stereotyping evens itself out in the end.
That’s why we never have to do anything about it.
Brian Hughes is an academic psychologist and university professor in Galway, Ireland, specialising in stress, health, and the application of psychology to social issues. He writes widely on the psychology of empiricism and of empirically disputable claims, especially as they pertain to science, health, medicine, and politics.