in wollman-bonilla's sample of teachers' reception, she found that most educators objected to texts representing gender-role reversal. in response to "william's doll", many teachers referenced their own parenting techniques as reasons to reject its use in the classroom. for example, many educators' responses aligned with this male teacher's assertion about the text: "i would never let my son play with a doll!" in general, male educators were more adverse to the use of "william's doll" in their classrooms than female educators, although the dominant opinion across both genders was negative. wollman-bonilla identifies that opposition to "william's doll" was mostly by gender-conforming individuals who endorse gender roles as a natural order. books such as "william's doll", however, suggest that sex stereotyping is an intrinsic societal issue that needs to be addressed.