Study Suggests That Winnie the Pooh Isn't Gender Equal, But Does it Matter?

Fox News ^ | May 7th, 2011 | Todd Starnes

[libh8er]

She looks like your run of the mill nimrod liberal gal. More on her:

Areas of Specialization:

Research:

Social Inequalities - Gender, Race, and Ethnicity
Sociology of Education
Sociology of Childhood and Youth
Social Psychology
Sociology of Sexuality
Qualitative and Quantitative Methods

Teaching:

Graduate:
Contemporary Sociological Theory
Contemporary Theories of Gender
Undergraduate:
Sociology of Sex and Gender
Childhood in Society
Social Problems
The Gender Attitude and Belief Inventory (GABI): A tool to better understand theoretical perspectives on gender, including types of feminism. VIEW

Education and Recent Professional Experience:

Ph.D. in Sociology, Indiana University
M.A. in Sociology, Indiana University
B.A. in Women’s Studies and Sociology, Tulane University

Selected Papers and Publications:

Christian Vaccaro, Douglas Schrock, and Janice McCabe. “Managing Emotional Manhood: Fighting and Fostering Fear in Mixed Martial Arts.” Conditional Acceptance from Social Psychology Quarterly. Scheduled for Volume 74, Number 4 (December).
Janice McCabe. Forthcoming [2011]. “Doing Multiculturalism: An Interactionist Analysis of the Practices of a Multicultural Sorority.” Journal of Contemporary Ethnography. Scheduled for Volume 40, Number 4 (August).
Janice McCabe, Emily Fairchild, Liz Grauerholz, Bernice Pescosolido, and Daniel Tope. 2011. “Gender in Twentieth-Century Children’s Books: Patterns of Disparity in Titles and Central Characters.” Gender & Society 25(2):197-226. READ
John Bancroft, J. Scott Long, and Janice McCabe. Forthcoming. “Sexual Well-Being: A Comparison of U.S. Black and White Women in Heterosexual Relationships.” Archives of Sexual Behavior. READ
Janice McCabe, Amanda E. Tanner, and Julia Heiman. 2010. “The Impact of Gender Expectations on Meanings of Sex and Sexuality: Results from a Cognitive Interview Study.” Sex Roles 62(3-4):252-263. READ
Janice McCabe and Douglas Schrock. 2009. “Further Reflections on the Term ‘Bitch.’” Sociological Analysis 3(1):118-122. READ
Janice McCabe. 2009. “Racial and Gender Microaggressions on a Predominantly-White Campus: Experiences of Black, Latina/o and White Undergraduates.” Race, Gender and Class. 16(1):133-151. READ
Jeffrey C. Dixon and Janice McCabe. 2006. “Competing Perspectives in the Classroom: The Effect of Sociology Students’ Perceptions of ‘Balance’ on Evaluations.” Teaching Sociology 34: 111-125. READ
Janice McCabe. 2005. “Who are the Experts? Medicalization in Teen Magazine Advice Columns.” Pp. 153-191 in Sociological Studies in Children and Youth: Volume 11, edited by David A. Kinney and Katherine Brown Rosier. Oxford, England: JAI Press an Official Imprint of Elsevier Science. READ
Janice McCabe. 2005. “What’s in a Label? The Relationship between Feminist Self-Identification and ‘Feminist’ Attitudes among U.S. Women and Men.” Gender & Society 19 (4): 480-505. READ

Manuscripts in Progress:

Koji Ueno, Eric R. Wright, Matthew Gayman, and Janice McCabe. “Segregation in Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Youth’s Personal Networks: Testing Structural Constraint, Choice Homophily, and Compartmentalization Hypotheses.”
Janice McCabe, Karin Brewster, and Kathryn Harker Tillman. “Sexual Orientation, Sexual Attraction, and Patterns of Same-Sex Behavior during Young Adulthood.”
Douglas Schrock, Janice McCabe, and Christian Vaccaro. “Batterers’ Tragic Relationships: Narrative Resistance In and Out of a Batterer Intervention Program.”
Janice McCabe and Brandon A. Jackson. “The Financial Aid Grapevine: How People and Organizations Impact Students’ Experiences with Financing College.”
Janice McCabe and Brian Powell. “Making Theory Relevant: The Gender Attitude and Belief Inventory.”
Janice McCabe. “The Significance of Race and Ethnicity for Students’ Friendship Network Density at a Predominantly-White University.”

[pnh102]

[Sir Francis Dashwood]

Winnie the Pooh never wears pants anyway...

[Polybius]

A feminazi at work. I bet she views EVERYTHING in life through this prism of gender and male domination.

Meanwhile, the reality is:

In 2005, OECD countries awarded 57% of their degrees on average to women. If the trend continues, the percentage could reach 63% by 2025.

[Oztrich Boy]

Dr. Janice McCabe, a sociologist at Florida State University, examined nearly 6,000 children’s books between 1900 and 2000 and determined the stories have a definitive gender bias and a disproportionate representation of genders.

1. She must be really old now
2. Talk about a long term research project
3. The workload appears light though.

[Oztrich Boy]

What sensible parent names their son “Winnie” anyway.

The name is "Winnie the Pooh" (somebody was raised in a culture free environment)

[Lazamataz]

All liberals must die.

[GenXteacher]

Her “research” is twaddle. Ineffable rubbish. Academic offal. There was no question that needed to be answered, so she created one. The ‘research’ consisted of reading...children’s books. This is only difficult if her reading level is rather low. Since she is employed by Florida State, I conclude she is being paid out of public funds; the taxpayers have had their money squandered in this case.

[NFHale]

“...Dr. Janice McCabe, a sociologist at Florida State University...”

Where do they find these morons???

Dear “Dr” Janice:
Get a life, you stupid twit.

[jmcenanly]

What sensible parent names their son “Winnie” anyway.

It is a common nickname for 'Winston'
However, considering that A.A. Milne took his cast from the stuffed animals that his son, Christopher R.Milne,played with, it is not surprising that a six-year old boy would have mostly male friends.

[Altura Ct.]

This whole issue is pooh pooh.

[LuvFreeRepublic]

Great work on the Pooh characters. Posted it next to this stupid article on my FB wall.

[Interesting Times]

That’s hilarious.

[blueunicorn6]

Winnie The Pooh attended the transgender employment meeting at the White House. The homosexuals asked Pooh about employment. “Yes I will have a smackerel of honey.” They threw Pooh out of the meeting.

[FelixFelicis]

I adored them (as a girl) growing up in the U.S. One of the highlights of my early childhood was getting to hold some of the original Pooh stuffed animals when they were on exhibit at the New York Public Library.

[infowarrior]

It's interesting to learn that the Pooh books are read in the US - I was brought up on them as a little boy in England, and Iive always thought of them as quintessentially English,

Interesting. Yes the Milne books were fairly popular in the US, else Disney would not have gotten involved in the first place. Said involvement only increased the popularity, a hundredfold. That said, I, myself, considered the literature to be more Canadian in character than British...

the infowarrior

[boop]

Christopher Milne had an interesting life. He owned a small shop and people always came in wanting to meet the "real" Christopher Robin. He was also a militant athiest. Not that there's anything wrong with that.

That said, what a colossal waste of time on this study. I bet she found "stereotypes" and "racism" in the books from 1900, too. But that's her NEXT book. And what relevance is there to books from 1900? I'd wager that only 1% or less are read by kids today. The classics will always be enjoyed. Heck, adults wouldn't waste their time reading "The Population Bomb" and that is from 1968.

[Fedupwithit]

Yep...I see the stupid in her eyes, and the glasses can’t hide it...

[9YearLurker]

Nickname for Winston?

[yup2394871293]

You know, I think the truth is that all knowing professor would be better off teaching freshman psychology or just tending to the cash register at a second hand book store.