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Gender stereotyping

Gender stereotyping is the practice of ascribing to an individual woman or man specific attributes, characteristics, or roles by reason only of her or his membership in the social group of women or men.

Type of stereotypes

1) Gender Stereotype 2) Sexual Stereotype 3) Racial Stereotype 4) Cultural Stereotype

Features of stereotypes

1) a set of generalized ideas or beliefs about people 2) judgement about people 3) preconceived perceptions about group of people

gender stereotype

A gender stereotype is a generalised view or preconception about attributes, or characteristics that are or ought to be possessed by women and men or the roles that are or should be performed by men and women. Gender stereotypes can be both positive and negative for example, "women are nurturing" or "women are weak".

What is a stereotype?

A generalised view or preconception about attributes or characteristics that are or ought to be possessed by members of a particular social group or the roles that are or should be performed by, members of a particular social group.

The different between sex and gender

Hyde (2018) says that "sex" refers to the biological differences between males and females while "Gender" refers to the role of a male or female in society, known as a gender role, or an individual's concept of themselves, or gender identity.

Origin of the word stereotype

Stereotype, as a term and a concept in psychology, occupies a wide-ranging area in social psychology in particular. •Traditionally, Glăveanu (2007) is of the opinion that social psychologists had been "stereotypical" about stereotypes. •Walter Lippmann was the first scholar to use the term in his book "public opinion" in 1922. •From etymological point of explanation, the term stereotype originates from the French adjective 'stereotype' and Greek two words 'στερεός' and 'τύπος' interpreted to mean steroes and typos. Steroes and typos in English language translation mean firm and impression.

Approaches of stereotypes

The Economic Approach •The Sociological Approach •The Social Cognition Approach

Stereotype according to Cardwell, 1996

•A stereotype is ...a fixed, over generalized belief about a particular group or class of people .

Stereotype according to Mike 1999

•A stereotype is an over-generalized belief about a particular category of people

Why study of gender differences and similarities

▪ It will enable us evaluate gender stereotypes and policy recommendations and explanations on gender issues (Hyde, 2018). ▪ It will also help us understand the source of any inequalities; improve average performance; and understanding how students learn. (OECD, 2019 ▪ One inquisitive question that will require attention is in how many areas of life are males different.

Origin of stereotype

▪ This is to say that stereotype is all about firm impression that a person has on an object or idea. ▪ The origin of the term stereotype has also been traced to printing activities. It has even been stated that Lippmann borrowed the term from printing works. ▪ In printing, the term signifies a duplicate, fixed copy of a typographic element. ▪ From dictionary perspective APA (n.d) in its Dictionary of Psychology describes stereotype as a set of cognitive generalizations about the qualities and characteristics of the members of a group or social. ▪ Stereotype enables people to respond rapidly to situations and it makes us ignore differences between individuals (Cardwell, 1996).


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