Brewer, Holly. "List of Gender Stereotypes." Health Guidance. HealthGuidance.org. Web. 5 Oct. 2015. This source speaks briefly about gender stereotypes and what they are, before listing many common stereotypes for both males and females. This information will help me when I create the quiz for my project, because I will have an abundance of stereotypes to choose form. This source seems reliable, and rather unbiased, which makes it more useful.
Campbell, Patricia. "Girls Are ... Boys Are ..." U.S. Department of Education, 1994. Web. 5 Oct. 2015. This is an article that talks about gender stereotypes and the actual differences between males and females. This article also explains why stereotypes and myths exist, which will help greatly in my research paper. This source seems extremely reliable, since it is from the U.S. Department of Education.
Curtis, Polly. "Pink v. Blue." The Guardian. UK News, 20 May 2014. Web. 5 Oct. 2015. This source is a rather scientific article discussing whether the stereotype that boys like blue and girls like pink is true. Its central question was "are color and toy preference dictated by nature or nurture?" This article is essentially discussing the fact that boys and girls are the way they are because of how they were raised, which is commonly to live up to female and male stereotypes. This source seems moderately reliable, and it uses other sources that may be much less biased, which I will look into. The information found here will help in my research paper.
"Gender Identity." Planned Parenthood. PlannedParenthood.org. Web. 5 Oct. 2015. This website speaks about gender identity and common stereotypes that go along with each gender. It also speaks about how to challenge gender stereotypes. This we...
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...014. Web. 5 Oct. 2015. This article speaks about where gender stereotypes come from and why they persist. The article may be a bit biased, but provides citations and other information I can do background research with. The information presented in the article will be helpful for my research paper, because it gives a lot of useful information about why stereotypes exist in the first place.
Sargent, J.F. "5 Gender Stereotypes That Used To Be the Exact Opposite." Cracked.com. Cracked.com, 24 Apr. 2012. Web. 5 Oct. 2015. This article talks about gender stereotypes that used to be the opposite, effectively showing that these stereotypes are untrue and completely made up by society. The article even explains how the stereotypes used to be different and why. This article may be a little biased, but provides enough information to do other research on more reliable sources.
Brannon, Linda. "Chapter 7 Gender Stereotypes: Masculinity and Femininity." Gender: Psychological Perspectives. 4th ed. Boston: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, 2005. 159-83. Print.
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Prentice, D. A. and Carranza, E. (2002), What Women and Men Should Be, Shouldn’t Be, Are Allowed to Be, and Don’t Have to Be: The Contents of Prescriptive Gender Stereotypes. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 26: 269–281.
Society stereotypes women in almost all social situations, including in the family, media, and the workplace. Women are often regarded as being in, “Second place” behind men. However, these stereotypes are not typically met by the modern day woman....
Paul, Anne M. "Where Bias Begins: The Truth About Stereotypes." Psychology Today: Health, Help, Happiness + Find a Therapist. Psychology Today, 1 May 1998. Web. 16 Apr. 2014.
Nowadays women should be treated equally, but some very common stereotypes are still used. For example, in my last birthday, I received a gift from my friend in a pink bag. Then, I asked my friend, why he picked a pink bag, he simply replied "all women like pink," but actually he did not know that my favorite color was blue, and that does not mean that I am a boy. On another occasion, I was taking care of my little cousin, he began to play soccer, and when I asked him if I could play with him, he answered me, "not because girls do not know how to play football," his answer surprised me, so I take his soccer ball, and I showed him that he was wrong, because women can play different sports.
Stereotypes are beliefs that associate a whole group of people with certain traits, as stated in the book. Specifically, gender stereotypes is when there is a generalized view about roles that are considered to be possessed and performed by only men or women. Gender stereotypes can have a harmful impact on women’s achievements in their occupations. Currently, there has been an increase in women dominating work fields in which males were traditionally dominating. However, women still encounter many obstacles when achieving success in these fields because majority view female-dominated jobs such as nursing, teaching, and as secretaries that require more female physical and personality traits. Occupations such as being doctors, lawyers, and business executives are seen as male-dominated jobs and ones that require personality traits of men. It’s due to these stereotypical roles that have been set that both males and females show a bias towards male applicants in occupations of higher-reputation. So when it comes to who will be hired, males are preferred over females due to their masculine qualities, even though they have the same qualifications. In cases where females have been hired for these high positions, women are faced with other obstacles, such as having less authority, recognition, and salary compared to men. A study that was conducted of both male and female managers in 500 corporations showed that women still didn’t make as much money as men did, even though they were both equal when it came to their education, experience in similar fields, and had the same commitment. This relates to the dental health field, because according to the bureau of labor statistics, female dentist make less money compared to men and are seen as being less in charge. According to The Implications of Gender Stereotypes for the Dentist-Patient
1. Using Kohlberg’s model of gender role development, discuss the variability of gender stereotypes for children at different ages. What accounts for children’s learning of these stereotypes? P. 153
Miller, C., Lurye, L., Zosuls, K., & Ruble, D. (2009). Accessibility of Gender Stereotype Domains: Developmental and Gender Differences in Children. Sex Roles, 60(11/12), 870- 881. doi:10.1007/s11199-009-9584-x Trautner, H. M., Ruble, D. N., Cyphers, L., Kirsten, B., Behrendt, R., & Hartmann, P. (2005).
Socio-cultural and parental influences are significant factors that encourage biases based on gender stereotype. Both men and women internalize their perspective gender stereotype roles as a part of their identity (Firestone, Firestone, & Catlett, 2006). Due to changes in the social structure and gender role in the US, people are not as restricted by the stereotype today (Gardiner & Kosmitzki, 2010; Tucker, 2005). However, such changes raised issues that are also challenging to overcome. Gaining awareness of more implicit forms of discrimination and making changes in message vulnerable people receive would help reduce negative effects of discrimination and stereotype (Steel, 1997; Sue, et al., 2007). Furthermore, in the individual level, people can benefit from self-reflection to increase awareness of their own values, beliefs, and desires. Such awareness would likely to lead to mutuality between men and women, and establishing a healthy relationship (Firestone, Firestone, & Catlett,
First we need to examine the cases where this is present. Less obvious stereotypes are those of women. Women?s roles in society have changed throughout the times. Are the...
Everybody is born and made differently, but one thing is similar, our gender. We are born either male or female, and in society everybody judges us for our gender. This is called gender roles; societies expecting you to act like a male or female (Rathus, 2010). Some people say, “act like a lady,” or “be a man,” these are examples of how gender roles work in our everyday lives. In society when we think stereotypes, what do we think? Many think of jocks, nerds, or popular kids; gender stereotyping is very similar. Gender stereotypes are thoughts of what the gender is supposed to behave like (Rathus, 2010). One example of a gender stereotype for a man would be a worker for the family, and a women stereotype would be a stay at home mom. Though in todays age we don’t see this as much, but it is still around us. In different situations both gender roles and stereotypes are said and done on a daily basis and we can’t avoid them because everyone is different.
Gender stereotyping has been ongoing throughout history. The media has been distorting views by representing gender unrealistically and inaccurately. It created an image of what "masculinity" or "femininity" should be like and this leads to the image being "naturalized" in a way (Gail and Humez 2014). The media also attempts to shape their viewers into something ‘desirable’ to the norm. This essay will focus on the negative impacts of gender-related media stereotypes by looking at the pressures the media sets on both women and men, and also considering the impacts on children.
Men and women are both stereotyped based on their gender and it starts even before a child is born and is reinforced throughout their life. The parents and other close relatives start the stereotyping first. If a couple is having a girl, they will paint the baby’s room pink, purple or some other feminine color. However, a boy’s room would most likely be blue, green, red, or something more masculine. The couple is already stereotyping their baby based on gender before he or she is already born. Colors have become popular symbols for genders. For example, I work at the Hy-Vee bakery, and I often get told that a customer wants their cake to have boy or girl colors. I understand what they are saying despite the fact colors don’t have genders. One other big stereotype that starts young are toys. Boys are given cars,
Society has stamped an image into the minds of people of how the role of each gender should be played out. There are two recognized types of gender, a man and a woman, however there are many types of gender roles a man or a woman may assume or be placed into by society. The ideas of how one should act and behave are often times ascribed by their gender by society, but these ascribed statuses and roles are sometimes un-welcomed, and people will assume who they want to be as individuals by going against the stereotypes set forth by society. This paper will examine these roles in terms of how society sees men and women stereotypically, and how men and women view themselves and each other in terms of stereotypes that are typically ascribed, as well as their own opinions with a survey administered to ten individuals. What I hope to prove is that despite stereotypes playing a predominant role within our society, and thus influencing what people believe about each other in terms of their same and opposite genders, people within our society are able to go against these ascribed stereotypes and be who they want and it be okay. Through use of the survey and my own personal history dealing with gender stereotyping I think I can give a clear idea as to how stereotypes envelope our society, and how people and breaking free from those stereotypes to be more individualistic.