Gender Stereotypes

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“Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.” - George Carlin
There is a common saying ‘that all men are from Mars’ and ‘all women are from Venus’ which has the tendency to stereotype the individual differences as gender differences. When it comes to psychological traits like empathy, sexual attitudes and behaviours, and personality traits like extroversion and openness there is no clear evidence to suggest men and women can be divided into two distinct groups. Critical thinking challenges stereotypes and proves that there are more similarities than differences between men and women. Men and women have the same desires, wants, dreams and fears. It can be said that gender stereotypes are in most cases a result of 'nurture' more than 'nature'.
In our culture, an ideal male is often seen as competent, stable, tough, confident, accomplished, non-confirming, aggressive and is often the leader. Due to these traits, they are considered as superior to females who are seen as warm, emotional, kind, polite, sensitive, friendly, gentle, soft and the follower. There are...

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