IDS 159 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Gender Role, The Stereotypes, Stereotype
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Factories complicate the discussion about gender differences: the tendency to equate women with the natural world and men with culture which controls nature, many gender differences in social behavior attributed to differences in status of en and women. In all known cultures, males are assigned higher prestige in society than women. Boys as what culture says more often than girls using production products (like pitchfork, plow, or gun) Person who are different from the stereotype of their group, are often ostracized/rejected by the dominant group. These images create the impression that one can magically jump from an adolescence of dating and shopping to a well-paid professional career. Stereotyping of gender in the written media: most of newspapers/magazines dedicate page to what is believed to be the interest of women. Do gender stereotypes portrayed in the media reflect the nation in which we. Live: the stereotypical household with a full-time working father, stay-at-home mom,