SOCIETY
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Common gender stereotypes
WOMEN - GIRLS
•Praise women who are thin and fashionable, and put down those who have other body shapes and styles.
•Treat women and girls as sexual objects.
•Portray women's key role in life as the caretaker or homemaker.
•Show women as dramatic, catty, and over-emotional.
MEN - BOYS
•Idealise a buff and toned body shape.
•Stigmatise boys who show emotion instead of bravado and "grit".
•Depict boys who act recklessly, even at the expense of others, as cool.
•'Boys don't cry!'
Gender equality education in schools
Gender equality education should begin when children enter the education system and continue throughout. This needs to address the history and nature of gender inequality and sexism. It also needs to provide students with the tools to dismantle rigid gender binaries (including sexism) and offer them more options for gender identification and expression.
An advertisement which abases gender stereotypes.
Reference:
https://www.betterinternet.sg/Resources/Resources-Listing/Youth---gender-stereotypes
https://latistor.blogspot.com/2015/11/blog-post_1.html
http://theconversation.com/beyond-the-binary-how-teaching-children-about-gender-could-help-reduce-sexism-113140?fbclid=IwAR1JU5QLLxG54tW0rGXChbR_nPZthEIJAJ1xcAAgrsRKDNH4-TrVy9oxpaQ