gender stereotyping
Role-based sex assumptions
Gender stereotyping is applying generalized assumptions about traits, roles, or behaviors to someone based on their sex or gender.
It ranges from benign observations to rigid expectations: Gender stereotyping starts early—boys get trucks, girls get dolls.
The term usually carries critical weight, implying the assumptions are reductive or harmful: The ad campaign was criticized for gender stereotyping.
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- discriminationUnjust differential treatment
- implicit biasAutomatic, unintentional stereotyping
- masculinityMale gender characteristics
- self-esteem issuesPoor sense of self-worth
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