The Consequences Of Gender Stereotypes

It would take an understanding of internalized prejudice and to see women as equal. In both situations women are delved punishments by misogyny and sexism for trying to stand out in a male dominated world, but both require different solutions. Acknowledging and understand misogyny and sexism as two individual things allows them to be resolved more

Many aspects of their lives have men as the prominent heads of their households, but women also have some importance in many of the concepts. In the novel Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe presents the idea of how Igbo culture and religion define the roles for each gender and examines how unequal roles in society can lead to conflicts between each gender in order to illustrate how they can lead to permanently damaged relationships. The main driving forces behind gender role beliefs in Things Fall Apart are a result of the ideologies set by the Ibo people. Their culture dictated men as stronger people who did more work, while women were dictated as individuals who were weak and inferior because they did household activities.

From the forced gender roles, acts of rebellion rose in a meager attempt for the citizens to fight back. The citizens appeared to be obedient, but this was just fear in disguise. This fear was constructed by the Gilead was propelled by placing people in gender constraints, and both men and women were subjected to criticism about deviations from their roles that was no fault of their own. Society became dominated by heterosexuality and everything different from that became erased and penalized. If the mutilating stress of gender roles continue to be placed upon humanity, our society may be looking at a similar series of tragic

It is in one's power to decide whether or not to conform to society. Indeed both texts include many similarities and differences such as the stereotypical roles set on each gender, their search for individuality and their desired privileges. While approaching adulthood, many people encounter obstacles which lead their understanding to a fact that gender stereotypes do not only occur for women but, for men as well. The narrator in Boys and Girls discovers the societies’ views and expectations of her.

There’s a power balance between the three men and the two women in The Reeve's Tale that is influenced by patriarchal values. The author limits actions performed by female characters to carry stereotypical assumptions of gender expectations. If you examine closely, the miller's wife is unnamed purposefully because she is considered untrustworthy and invaluable to Symkyn. Also, any credibility that is given to a female, has to have a man present to accept those responsibilities. This formulates that women cannot exist without having some type of man to establish their credibility.

These stereotypes have proven to be harsher for the men to break out of compared to women. Although women are pushing for gender role shifts unaware of the effects that it may have on our society and the stereotypes that men are still stuck filling. The stereotypes men try to conform to are often set by woman including dominance, toughness, and many more attributes woman find attractive in a guy. Therefore, men find it hard to try and change these attributes when asked to do so. This is prevalent in occupations as well.

The idea of hegemonic masculinity recognises that there are multiple types of masculinity but they are not all equal. As well as that hegemonic masculinity is not common because of its unattainability (Gill, 2007:31) . This pressure of compliance is problematic for both which is illustrated by standards set by the media regarding appearance in particular that can consequently effect self-esteem and self-worth. For instance the media is significant as a source for acceptable body image which can be used by men to have certain expectations for females (Behm-Morawitz and Pennell, 2013: 214) and vice versa. These unrealistic expectations in the media images are caused by prolonged exposure to them.

Why is race of such major significance in American society? Race is defined as a concept that was created by human beings in which the world is believed to be divided into biological groups that share genetically transmitted traits. This is significant to the American society because the people made up the word race, meaning race was not naturally here. The people who are discriminated, prejudice, and stereotyped are treated unfairly simply because other people with different physical traits decided to separate themselves from them.

Racial profiling is based off of the assumption that “...any particular individual of one race or ethnicity is more likely to engage in misconduct than any particular individual of other races or ethnicities. ”(Fact Sheet). Racial Profiling separates people by color, race or ethnicity, like discrimination. Within this discrimination, they are basically say that one kind is more likely to do one thing then another. There is evidence that“ ...even deep-seated stereotypes and unconscious biases can be eroded through both education and exposure to minorities who don’t fit common stereotypes...

The scene further showcases that male desire is much more complicated than it would first seem and a less universal phenomenon, as far as ideals are concerned, than men are aware of or even care to admit. Men do not want their masculinity to be threatened and are willing to hide and even change their preferences in women just to protect their masculinity in society. It is a commentary on men and the male attitude towards women, revealing that men view women as sex objects. Moreover they will only consider a women attractive if she is marketable and accepted as a sex object because then she will be labeled by society as “attractive”. They want to agree on the consensus that would showcase a perfect woman without any flaws, however they are suppressing the fact that these differences and distinctions is what make women distinct individuals and these differences and distinctions are what the men are attracted to; however the men who were dominating the conversation while talking about the “flaw less women” are never going to agree with that.

I agree with Trudeau’s ideals of how national relationships should operate. In my view, it’s because some don’t prioritize interaction and being open with each other that our current society is plagued by a discriminative feature: stereotypes. The problem affects both our government and social society. Because of stereotypes, there are certain aspects expected from a person because of their race, beliefs, and/or culture. Stereotypes are widely known and are hard to get rid of since, some choose to be ignorant in learning the various types of people we will come to communicate with; their lack of knowledge would force them to use the information available to them, which are stereotypes.

Hello Mychell, We basically had the same responses to the questions and I liked your phrasing to the responses. Another stereotype I had pointed was that a men thought of women always needing a place of comfort that suits them the best. However, this is false because as a woman during that time they were not allowed to speak up for themselves or really make their own decisions because of the lack of rights. She certainly emphasizes the fact that men always belittle women when it comes to intelligence and strength.