The advertising regulator is banning the depiction of harmful gender stereotypes in advertising, saying they have “no place” in UK marketing campaigns. The new rules come into force on 14 June 2019 ...

“This is great but make it more feminine.” When it comes to fonts, type designer Marie Boulanger says she has heard comments like this “countless times” from clients. “If you think about it from a ...

Last Friday, new Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) rules came into force. The aim is to ban companies from including harmful gender stereotypes in advertising that the ASA says could cause serious ...

A new rule written into the UK's Advertising Codes should mean adverts that perpetuate harmful gender stereotypes are taken off TV. From today, commercials must not include stereotypes "which are ...

What is sexism, and how can it affect us? Lauren Layfield has been chatting to a group of Year 4 students as part of an experiment all about job roles to find out more about gender stereotypes. In the ...

c) The Advertising Standards Authority? The answer is, of course, the third option. And the comment follows the UK ad regulator’s decision to ban ads from Volkswagen and Philadelphia for portraying ...

Gender socialization is a fundamental development aspect, shaping how people perceive themselves and interact with the world. Gender socialization is the process of a person learning and internalizing ...

From a very young age, children are conditioned to adhere to gender stereotypes. As an example, many boys are often encouraged to pursue an interest in football, whereas girls are enrolled in ballet ...

In the run up to Christmas, you may be asking your children to write a list of presents they would like Santa Claus to leave in their stocking. The report showed the “majority” of these publications ...

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