gender stereotypes
Masculine and feminine expectations
Gender stereotypes are generalized assumptions about traits, behaviors, or roles based on whether someone is male or female.
Men are expected to be tough and unemotional; women nurturing and domestic.
These assumptions shape expectations from childhood: Boys don't cry, Girls should be ladylike.
The term usually carries critical connotations, implying the assumptions are reductive or harmful.
- glass ceilingUnacknowledged limit blocking advancement
- boss babeFemale entrepreneur self-branding term
- breadwinnerPrimary household earner
- masculinityMale gender characteristics
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
man of the house · emotionality · sissy · femininity · beauty standards · pink tax · biological clock · man up · nurturing · rationality · women's work · stay at home mom · hysteria · nonbinary · transgender · caregiver · damsel in distress · domesticity
- feminismfeminism, feminist theory, women's rights, feminist novels, feminist themes
- gendermale, female, masculine, feminine, man
- gender developmentfeminine roles, masculinity, femininity, socialization, social learning
- gender equityequal rights, pay equity, equal pay, wage gap, sexism
- gender humorhusband jokes, wife jokes, dating humor, mansplaining, nagging wife
- gender mediamedia portrayal, media stereotypes, female gaze, male gaze, Bechdel test
gender stereotypesgender fluidity
Non-static identity category
gender nonconformity · gender equality · androgyny · gender diversity · gender neutrality
gender stereotypesgender equality
Equal treatment regardless sex
gender neutrality · egalitarianism · equal treatment · non-discrimination · gender equity