College Stereotypes, Gender and Intelligence
Introduction
In this experiment I have investigated the hypothesis that males and
females have stereotypical view of gender IQ. I have looked at two
areas for this stereotyping; the way the individual estimated their
own IQ and how high they estimated their parents IQ. The traditional
thought that males are superior to women in terms of IQ and importance
my study is to find if that view is shared today with the students at
college. I also looked at the way that males and females differ in
their views weather a male feels he is above females still or a female
regards themselves as equals to men, or if males think that females
are at an equal to themselves today.
In 1984 John Nicholson put forward the simple question "are men more
intelligent than women? For thousands of years, the answer to this
question was so obvious no one bothered to dies cuss it, let alone ask
why it maybe the case. Of course men were more intelligent, just as of
course the earth was flat."
But in 1912 Cyril Burt et al was the first to check the comparison 130
girls and boys at Wallace schools on tasks on reasoning and other
intellectual puzzles from these test he deduced a points score for
each participant from these he found the median score for each gender
and found that 72 per cent of boys did better than girls.
Two studies have found that male brains are heavier than females. In
1992 Ankney and Rushton both went about finding the average size for
male and female brains. Ankney made the initial discovery using wet
brain weights gathered at an autopsy. He used a random sample of 1261
Americans aged between 25 and 80 he found that 168cm tall white men
had an average brain weight of 1370 grams, the brains of females of
the same height had the average weight of 1270 grams.
Rushton confirmed these findings, he calculated the cranial capacities
of 6325 US Army personnel measured in 1988 men averaged 1442cm3 and
There is a phenomenon happening in most schools throughout the country. Asian students as young as seven years olds are labeled as gifted and enrolled in various accelerate programs to further develop their talents. Certainly, most of these students are deserving of the honorable recognition. However, many skeptics do question how many of them are viewed as exceptional students based upon the stereotype: they are genetically smarter than their non-Asian peers.
Hannan Goodall, author of Media’s Influence on Gender Stereotypes, once said “If as a society we refuse to accept certain gender stereotypes as truth, then the media makes may not be as inclined to center their message on them”. Do you ever wonder why Windex commercials generally show women cleaning the windows instead of men? Or why beer commercials show men sitting around watching sports with their buddies while sipping a beer instead of women? Commercials, Movies and Television Shows are the vast source of gender stereotyping, because they are adapted to the specific, focusing on male or female’s gender roles as their main target. Deborah Tannen, the author of Sex, Lies, and Conversation, focus on addressing the different communicating styles between men and women and how it effects their relationships as a whole. Media’s gender role stereotypes have shown effect in the Hindu culture, work and family
Choosing a college major is often a difficult and distressing task for many students. Most individuals attend college to obtain a career that will lead to wealth and success. When deciding on a major, students consider their main interests as well as the opportunities offered by particular fields of study. Many of these young adults, however, never consider that the decisions they make can determine their "status" at a university and can be the source of many generalizations by peers. Especially at the State University, certain majors are believed to be more credible than others. For example, those found in the fields of mathematics and science are perceived to be highly difficult and time consuming, and therefore command a great deal of respect in the college arena. On the other hand, majors found in Arts and Letters and Business are deemed to be quite a bit easier, less stressful, and as a result are often scorned. Because of these stereotypes, students of Arts and Letters and Business command much less respect in the university and receive much less credit for academic accomplishments. In order to eliminate unfounded stereotypes, all majors at Notre Dame should be equally regarded because they reflect a student's interests and strengths rather than define his or her identity and intelligence.
What is stereotype? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines stereotype as “believing unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same.” Stereotypes are everywhere. Stereotypes cover racial groups, gender, political groups and even demographic. Stereotypes affect our everyday lives. Sometimes people are judged based on what they wear, how they look, how they act or people they hang out with. Gender and racial stereotypes are very controversial in today’s society and many fall victims. Nevertheless, racial and gender stereotypes have serious consequences in everyday life. It makes individuals have little to no motivation and it also puts a label about how a person should act or live. When one is stereotype they
Since the beginning of time, gender has played a big role in how one acts and how one is looked upon in society. From a young age children are taught to be either feminine or masculine. Why is it that gender plays a big role in the characteristics that one beholds? For centuries in many countries it has been installed in individual’s heads that they have to live by certain stereotypes. Women have been taught to be feeble to men and depend on them for social and economical happiness. While men have been taught to be mucho characters that have take care of their homes and be the superior individual to a woman. For the individuals who dare to be different and choose to form their own identity whether man or woman, they are out casted and secluded from their community. These stereotypes that people have been taught to live upon have been a huge burden on women because they are the ones who have been taught to be the inferior individual. Women have struggled to obtain their own identities and become independent, but as time has evolved women have developed and are able to be independent. Surprisingly it is being accepted.
Sanauddin, Noor. "The Second Sexism: Discrimination Against Men and Boys by David Benatar." Http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_249370_en.pdf. University of Glasgow/ The Kelvingrove Reveiw, 2012. Web.
There is a common saying ‘that all men are from Mars’ and ‘all women are from Venus’ which has the tendency to stereotype the individual differences as gender differences. When it comes to psychological traits like empathy, sexual attitudes and behaviours, and personality traits like extroversion and openness there is no clear evidence to suggest men and women can be divided into two distinct groups. Critical thinking challenges stereotypes and proves that there are more similarities than differences between men and women. Men and women have the same desires, wants, dreams and fears. It can be said that gender stereotypes are in most cases a result of 'nurture' more than 'nature'.
Stereotypes are everywhere in our lives, and although no one admits it, we happen to always judge a person by their appearance. Solely based on someone’s exterior you could form an opinion of how highly they do in their studies, athletics, and their social life. It could either be a racial stereotype: “If you’re Asian you excel in your academics” or the cliche “If you wear glasses, you’re perceived as smart”.
Gender stereotypes are mostly taken for granted at a young age: girls are told to play with dolls and boys are told to play with trucks. But as children grow older they find themselves in a world where the reality of gender roles and stereotypes aren’t acknowledged, and the illusion of gender neutrality is commended. If gender roles are becoming more neutral, then it would follow that gender role stereotypes are also becoming more lax. However, in actuality this is not true.
A type of stereotype in high school is the emo kid. Emo is not emotional if that were the case, everyone would be emo. Its short for emotive hardcore, a music genre that started in the 80s by a band in Washington D.C. Most people who believe that "emos" including emos themselves, commonly make this mistake another thing people think emoes do is that cut themselfs . This is not true. ¨A group at my school are emo, and they don't cut.¨ But it is a typical question they get asked by "popular" people.
On my seventeenth birthday, my mother asked me to sit down with her to discuss some very important things. She told me I was undocumented. My heart sank and I felt the urge to cry. At that moment, I thought that the future I had envisioned for myself would turn to fantasy. A lot of things started to make sense like how I have never actually seen my social security card, why my parents didn’t let me work, or why I couldn’t get my licence. I believed that my undocumented status would remove all possible chances of getting into college. Without a social security number, I am not eligible for federally funded financial aid including loans, grants, scholarships, or work-study. Why should I be penalized for something I had no control of? The undocumented student stereotype is that we don’t make it into college, that we aren’t successful, that we have no future. It is hard to go through obstacles that my fellow
When we are at school, things go well until the girls go to P.E. There are some girls in my class who act marvelous and others who do not. When we play anything that has to do with teams, some people get offended. We may cheer or scream for our teammates and others think we are annoying. It’s always a person who gets mad at their team and quits. We argue at P.E. more than we play during P.E. It goes way out of hand and people do not participate in P.E. like they use to. If I could give advice to anyone, I would give it to the girls at P.E., who start a crisis and takes P.E. too serious.
Women majoring in engineering are labeled by society this is where stereotypes and misconceptions come in place, the truth about women are not understood by others. Stereotypes and misconceptions played a huge role in society because humans view groups in a different perspective than who people actually are. Stereotypes are based on truth but, with an exaggeration when describing a group of people, cognitions and or believes. On the other hand, misconception is different from stereotypes because misconception is a view based on untruth descriptions about that group or even an assumption just because human are a part of a certain group. Having stereotypes and misconceptions in society can affect various groups because some of the groups can take it as something offensive. The fact is that groups of people are labels that way because of how people act or dress is different from other people, this follows by commercials and even social media that are impacting the way society see people. Society acts a certain way because people feel comfortable to represent them self that way. As part of society women impact society the same as men do because both are humans.
Gender stereotypes are very prevalent in today’s early childhood classrooms with societal expectations playing a significant role in generating the negative outcomes of both sexes (National Union of Teachers, 2013, p. 4). These societal expectations perpetuate inequality and become apparent through various interactions, messages and materials as well as through professional documentation such as the Australian Curriculum or the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) (Siraj-Blatchford, 2004, p, 22). This type of inequality disadvantages students creating restrictions on the possible opportunities they can encounter throughout life as well as impacting on their self-esteem and relationships (Siraj-Blatchford, 2004, p, 22) (National Union of Teachers, 2014, p, 3).
Gender stereotyping has been ongoing throughout history. The media has been distorting views by representing gender unrealistically and inaccurately. It created an image of what "masculinity" or "femininity" should be like and this leads to the image being "naturalized" in a way (Gail and Humez 2014). The media also attempts to shape their viewers into something ‘desirable’ to the norm. This essay will focus on the negative impacts of gender-related media stereotypes by looking at the pressures the media sets on both women and men, and also considering the impacts on children.