Demographic variable in gender stereotypes

Filaret Sintion () and Corina Criciu ()
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Filaret Sintion: Ovidius University of Constanta, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences
Corina Criciu: Ovidius University of Constanta, Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences

BlackSea Journal of Psychology, 2012, vol. 3, issue 1, 20-23

Abstract: Many scientists have studied gender stereotypes and have tried to explain the reason of their appearance and how they function at a day-to-day basis in our lives. It is generally known that stereotypes simplify our understanding of our surroundings, and this is done by categorizing elements which have similarities. As is the case, we associate men and women with certain traits (e.g. men are independent, natural born leaders, they are aggressive, they provide for the family, while women are soft-spoken and gentle, shy, dependent, and should only occupy their time with household chores and the education of the children). Obviously, not everybody thinks this way; stereotypes vary from individual to individual, except those who have no stereotypes (although I�fm inclined to believe that everybody has at least one stereotype, be it regarding gender, race, ethnicity, etc.). These stereotypes are generally false; an individual who embodies such stereotypes could appear so for various reasons (either because they were raised in a traditional fashion, either because they are trying to make a good first impression). The bottom line is, in reality, there are no such things are real stereotypes, or there shouldn�ft be. People should not be labeled and categorized; each individual is their own person and only represent themselves, they are not who they are because they were born a man or a woman, but because that is who they choose to be, be it independent, gentle, shy, aggressive, evil, good, etc. The most important thing to do is get to know the person in front of you instead of assuming who they are.

Keywords: stereotype; gender stereotypes; images; mental shortcuts; media (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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