Category: Gender Stereotypes

For much of history, men have predominantly controlled societies. In recent years many people have attempted to ameliorate this imbalance in power. Nevertheless, many cultures kept these misogynistic traditions through generations. The Woman Warrior, by Maxine Hong Kingston, is a five-part memoir narrated by Kingston. Throughout the memoir, Kingston interweaves her own experiences with talk-stories…

It has been pointed out in Mark J.P Wolf and Bernard Perrons (ed) The Video Game Theory Reader of 2003, that images of women and girls in computer games emphasize stereotypes, paralleling more traditional media (2003, p.172). How would you account for this? Computer games often come under scrutiny for what appears to be the…

The term popular culture refers to practices, beliefs, and objects in a society that represent anything that is considered fashionable, popular, or dominant at any given time (Ashby, 2010). Fiske defines popular culture as a culture of processes rather than of products. It is the accumulation of cultural products such as music, art, film, literature,…

Keith Davis defines leadership as the ability to persuade others to seek defined objectives enthusiastically. The human factor binds people together and motivates them towards goals. Leadership thus defines the difference between success and failure. According to Carlyle (Carlyle, 1841/1907), Leadership is a person endowed with extraordinary qualities that are the source of his or…

Social norms have created stereotypes for male and female that have a significant influence on health outcome. Men are expected to be brave, tough, resistant to pain and not showing their emotions. Women, on the other hand, are very emotional, sensitive and in need of protection. Men will not seek help immediately if they feel…

Mass media, for example, online networking is changing the life and how individuals carry on today. Mass media and social networking appear to be conceivable to impact and shape individuals’ mindsets concerning gender roles. It assumes an essential part in making social standards and qualities in various societies today, as a result of various types…

Pakistan is a country where women can excel in any field and can have a better professional career if they have strong willpower and guts to do so. Despite the very wrong image of Pakistan portrayed by many news outlets, it is still a land of opportunity for women. Pakistani women are fully aware of…

According to statistical reports, men contribute to a larger number of perpetrators of crimes such as rapes, murders, and assaults. It is important to note, that not all men are involved in criminal activity, women are also responsible for horrible acts of violence. Nevertheless, consistently men commit more crimes. This difference in crime rates might…

This research seeks to investigate and identify stereotypes of gender within schools, and if this may lead to a possible difference in treatment. There will be some references to any stereotypes throughout history, and if they have perhaps lessened in today’s society, or are still practiced even today. However, history and current time will be…

For the past five decades, gender stereotypes in advertising have been attracting the interest of scholars by making them inquisitive about the techniques used by an advertiser to depict men and women in society. They were also keen to learn about the motives behind this stereotype as well as how it influenced the mindsets of…