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This study seeks to assess the degree of heteronormativity found in the English textbooks that are currently used in Norwegian schools. For this purpose, gender and sexuality are highlighted as dimensions of inclusion in foreign language education. It is argued that a non-, under-, or misrepresentation of marginalized or minoritized social groups f...
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... the following page, gender binarism is further supported by presenting images of prototypically female and male heads subtitled by female and male nouns: mum/mummy/mom vs. dad/daddy; sister vs. brother; grandmother/grandma vs. grandfather/grandpa; aunt vs. uncle (see Figure 5). Again, the images visualize female and male representatives in fairly gender stereotypical ways. ...
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... particular visual representation is also stereotypical in its color distribution, as all colors in the pink to purple spectrum are worn by female people (mum, sister, grandmother), while all male people wear either blue or green. As Figure 5 illustrates, there is also a tendency in the textbooks to use hair color in socially relevant ways for the depiction of white people (people of color invariably have black hair): long blonde hair is a common attribute of (younger) female people, short dark hair of (younger) male people, while older people have gray hair. ...
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