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BOX 4-3 Cartoon Videos
Boys play football. Girls play with dolls. Boys should be tough. Girls
should be sweet and always look nice.
Debunking such stereotypes is the mission of two 20-minute videos for
Program H (Once Upon a Boy; see Figure 4-3) and Program M (Once Upon
a Girl; see Figure 4-4). Designed for universal understanding by using only
visuals with no words, the films generate discussion among facilitated
groups of young men or women and seek to deconstruct gender
FIGURE 4-3 Once Upon a Boy: Created to provide an overview of the
key questions around male development, the film features a boy
named Juan and the challenges he faces as he becomes a man:
domestic violence, his first sexual experience, his girlfriend’s
pregnancy, and his first job.
Photo courtesy of Instituto Promundo
