Fariha34

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Hello, Fariha34, and welcome to Wikipedia! My name is Shalor and I work with the Wiki Education Foundation; I help support students who are editing as part of a class assignment.

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If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to contact me on my talk page. Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 18:45, 27 March 2019 (UTC)

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Hi! I have some notes for you:

• Avoid making definitive statements unless attributing them to the person making the statement, as these should only be used for non-controversial and widely accepted statements such as "the sky is blue" or similar. Things like " The issue of stereotypical gender roles in these platforms of media leads to closed minded effects on youth" is something that may be debated by various users, so I would do something like "This Person states that...".

• Studies should generally be avoided unless they're accompanied with a secondary source that reviews the study or comments upon the specific claim that is being stated. The reason for this is that studies are primary sources for any of the claims and research conducted by their authors. The publishers don't provide any commentary or in-depth verification, as they only check to ensure that the study doesn't have any glaring errors that would invalidate it immediately. Study findings also tend to be only true for the specific people or subjects that were studied. For example, a child in Florida may respond differently than one in California or Saudi Arabia. Socioeconomic factors (be they for the person or a family member) also play a large role, among other things that can impact a response. As such, it's definitely important to find a secondary source, as they can provide this context, verification, and commentary.

• Be very cautious when it comes to older sourcing and research. While some can still be valid, keep in mind that a lot of things have changed since then.

• Keep in mind that this article is meant to approach the topic from a global perspective, so make sure that your work doesn't focus too heavily on the US.

• Make sure that you're not being redundant to other information in the article. There is definite merit to having sections on gender stereotypes for males and females, but just make sure that it isn't covered in one of the earlier sections. I'm concerned that the content in these two sections is too general, so this needs to be fine tuned to show how these gender stereotypes impact youth or are specifically tailored to them.

I hope this helps! Shalor (Wiki Ed) (talk) 16:41, 8 April 2019 (UTC)