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Gender Stereotype Statements: Debunked

Introduction

Gender Stereotype, originally defined by Steele and Aronson is being at risk of confirming, as self-characteristic, a negative stereotype about one's group' based on gender. This gave people a new way to think about how gender stereotypes affect their targets. Before Steele's work on gender stereotype, many researchers examined the effect of prejudice on gender had stereotyped targets focused on one of two theoretical processes. These include the effects of overt words or actions of prejudiced individuals on targets, and the internalization of stereotypical beliefs about the gender.

This paper addresses and debunks three gender stereotypes. Text presents with a brief overview of the gender stereotype. This leads to the significant advancements and questions within gender stereotype, with an emphasis on understanding the personal experience and reality of gender stereotype.

Thesis Statement

Main objective of this paper is to debunk three gender stereotypes by illustrating the concepts from diverse point of view. My assertions that I have discussed in the next section are as follows.

First gender stereotype assertion is that women are more likely to identify with the Democratic Party and to support Democratic candidates than men.

Second gender stereotype assertion is that women are more communal, and men are more agentic.

Third gender stereotype assertion relates to field of scientific research, which considered being male-dominated and represent gender gap for women.

Next section presents critical view on all these gender stereotype statements and presents an assertive point of view to debunk the gender stereotype.

Gender Stereotype Statements Debunk

In the last few decades, women in the United States have made great strides in politics. The most prevalent and studied attitude difference between men and women is the gender gap: differences between men and women in both party ideology and vote choice, with women being more likely than men to identify with the Democratic candidates. The first attitudes theory adopts the view that the underlying issue preferences, particularly on social issues, explain the gap. This supports by work that suggests feminism has contributed to the gender gap by promoting a so-called women's perspective that influences policy and promotes an ideology of equality and sympathy for the disadvantaged. This theory also comports with the idea that since women are more likely than men to identify with certain issues, the party that performs better on these issues will be more likely to have larger numbers of female voters. Although greater numbers of women have voted Democratic than Republican, in terms of issue advocacy, Sanbonmatsu (2002) finds that the Republican and Democratic Parties are largely similar on most gender issues. Overall, however, neither party has made gender issues a significant part of their party platform.

Both attitudes and salience explain the gender gap to some degree, but the context of the election influences how voters weigh various criteria. Research indicates contextual variables shape the gender gap's varying size and causes. Although women tend to be more likely to vote Democratic than men are, the candidates or issues influence the size of the gap. The stereotypes voters ...