This list of iPhone apps highlights "Apps for Girls." Interestingly enough, these apps play into gendered stereotypes perfectly. They include MASH, a game that helps you figure out who you are going to marry, how many children you will live, what kind of house you will have etc... and of course because all girls are bad at math, it has an app of Math Flash Cards. This list really just reiterates how gender is constructed through the consumption and and representation of gendered ideals. The media presents these gendered stereotypes, and companies target their products based on these stereotypes, which furthers the assumption that these gendered differences are inherent and not created.
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