Question

Instructions: Write 2-3 (PLAGIARISM FREE) paragraphs about the topic below.

According to Jim, Jim Almighty. Jim thinks that he can design women better than the creator did. Many gender stereotypes are depicted and reinforced (and some are even abandoned). Write down all of the stereotypes for men and for women that you can think of and classify them into physical, sexual, personality, social, and emotional and discuss whether they are accurate, inaccurate, or an exaggeration of a true difference.

Answer 1

Gender is how a person identifies oneself regardless of his/her biological sex. Thereby referring to the state of being male or female. It also refers to the social roles, values, behaviors and traits that are expected from men or women. This further leads to the terms masculine or feminine- traits associated with being a girl or buy, man or woman.

Gender Stereotyping is the generalization based on gender roles, differences, and attributes of individuals or groups. Stereotypes can be both positive or negative, however, in gender, they mostly are negative and people generally assume on various dimensions, mostly without true accurate information.

The different types of gender stereotypes in men and women maybe-

WOMAN

• Social aspect- typical female stereotype across cultures is expecting a woman to marry and have children. Furthermore, always put others/ family's needs, and welfare before her own, and think about everyone else but herself. Although, with many movements and advancement, cultures have accepted women to work and indulge in occupations, typically, women are the- homemakers. They are supposed to look after their children, their in-laws, parents, clean the house, and manage all house chores. Even otherwise, some common fields of occupations women are expected to be a part of include being- teachers, nurses, designers etc.
• Physical aspect- women are portrayed or expected to be attractive, beautiful, thin, graceful. They are expected to wear clothes or dress up according to what is considered normal by the society, like dresses, makeup etc. Even after all these types of assumptions, if a woman dresses too boldly, again she is criticized.
• Sexual aspect- women are portrayed wearing short, provocative clothes, shown to seduce men by their body, or their seductive, flirtatious behavior. In many cultures, they are expected to be sexually inexperienced. Many people displease if a woman has many male friends, or has been in many relationships. Women are represented as sexual objects and domineering.
• Personality- women are described to be emotional, calm, understanding, passive, dependent, naive, nurturing, accepting, adjustable, compromising, timid, shy, adhering, multi-tasking and many more.

MAN

• Social aspect- they are considered the providers, taking care of the financial work, and are associated with all outside-the-house chores. They are shown to engage in physical violence and more indulgent in substance abuse. The common notion - boys don't cry, or men enjoy outdoor activities and many others. Men are mostly expected to be a part of occupations such as- pilots, doctors, engineers. They are rarely favored as cooks, nurses, or into the makeup line.
• Physical aspect- men are expected to be tall, strong and muscular and handsome. They are supposed to dress appropriately, wear pants, have short hair. Even though today, many boys grow their hair, or get waxed, or use makeup, the society criticizes them regardless of modernization.
• Sexual aspect- men are shown dominant, in-control, sexually experienced and physically imposing. Men are usually boastful about the number of relationships they have been in, or how their sexual life is.
• Personality- men are shown to be confident, bold, aggressive, lazy, messy, unorganized. They are supposedly less emotional, and don't have as many feelings as women do.

Our culture has a huge role in forming stereotypes, and they are not necessarily true. Gender stereotypes are over exaggerated, which leads to many cases of violence and discrimination in domestic or occupational lives. Hyper-masculinity leads to physical, mental and emotional abuse on their partners. Stereotypes do more harm than good, and the cycle continues as a child is born and reared up having to confirm to the norms and judgement passed on by the society and culture. Everyone should use their own strategy to conform to the right form of judgement and discard off stereotypes.