Editing Androcentrism (section)

== Literature ==
Research by Dr. David Anderson and Dr. Mykol Hamilton has documented the under-representation of female characters in a sample of 200 books that included top-selling children's books from 2001 and a seven-year sample of [[Caldecott Medal|Caldecott]] award-winning books.<ref name="Hamilton">{{cite journal | last1 = Hamilton | first1 = Mykol C. | last2 = Anderson | first2 = David | last3 = Broaddus | first3 = Michelle | last4 = Young | first4 = Kate | title = Gender stereotyping and under-representation of female characters in 200 popular children's picture books: a twenty-first century update | journal = [[Sex Roles (journal)|Sex Roles]] | volume = 55 | issue = 11&ndash;12 | pages = 757&ndash;765 | doi = 10.1007/s11199-006-9128-6 | date = December 2006 | s2cid = 146234748 }}</ref> There were nearly twice as many male main characters as female main characters, and male characters appeared in illustrations 53 percent more than female characters. Most of the plot-lines centered on the male characters and their experiences of life.<ref name="Hamilton" />