http://www.girl-wonder.org/designatedsidekick/2008/04/14/saturday-morning-cartoons/ One of many voices that speak out against problems of the portrayal of gender, sexuality and race in comics. I just happen to be a male, white middle class member of the primary comic book target demographic. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 11:22:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.girl-wonder.org/designatedsidekick/2008/04/14/saturday-morning-cartoons/#comment-34801 Vail Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:38:26 +0000 http://www.girl-wonder.org/designatedsidekick/?p=232#comment-34801 Ah but you see, they've done some studies that boys do not identify with a female character, whereas girls will identify with either gender. Of course this doesn't really explain the popularity of Dora, but still. The money men are afraid to risk anything on a female driven show. My take on it is that it's cultural. For example my own sisters wouldn't turn on Dora for their boys, but only Diego. Ah but you see, they’ve done some studies that boys do not identify with a female character, whereas girls will identify with either gender. Of course this doesn’t really explain the popularity of Dora, but still. The money men are afraid to risk anything on a female driven show. My take on it is that it’s cultural. For example my own sisters wouldn’t turn on Dora for their boys, but only Diego.

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