No es fácil romper los hilos de la tradición: lentatransformación de los estereotipos de género. Busquemos culpables

This article intends to explain a research project carried out at the University of Vigo with the aim of looking for mechanisms that can help us to identify the reasons why, once chosen a methodology for the identification of the sexist stereotypes in the illustrated books for children, children are taught sexist patterns of behaviour. We intend to use illustrated books for the teaching of English for early school stages but the project can be also used for native language acquisition. This research has as its objective to address the authors of the books, the illustrators and even the publishers as well as the English Language teachers in these first years of children’s development because they have the power to favor the intelctual development in a climate of equality and respect.