Compare And Contrast Gender And Gender Stereotypes

Gender Roles and Gender Stereotypes differ in a few ways. Gender Roles are what are classified as the so-called “norm”. The Norm for your gender is determined by society and considers the behaviors of you or that person to be considered the norm or different. Society judges people and their behavior because everyone is so set on the norm they don’t take into consideration the thoughts or feelings of the individual being themselves. Gender Stereotypes are the describing on how one person or multiple people think of you. For as long as most people can remember girls have been called the bread bakers. Meaning the cooks, cleaner, home and child care. Stereotypes not because they are extremely rude but because it’s what the general population says or thinks. Stereotypes are what the general population says or does most commonly to others.

Some psychical differences of male and female included primary and secondary characteristics. Men have testes and women have ovaries. Other differences include deeper voice for male, facial and body hair, and for females body size and hip size are also differences. Some cognitive differences

Many people assume or believe women cant work under stress. The men are stereotyped into saying they work longer, harder conditions and more labor-intensive jobs. Also many records have been kept and analyzed to show how many women are earning more degrees than men. More women are going back to school to earn on higher degree in whatever their job is. Hoping since they have a higher degree they will receive more money for income. With the glass ceiling affecting them, they are more just wasting their time and money because the ceiling is restricting them. Not all companies are in the full effect of the Glass Ceiling but some major ones will never change or see a female at the top of the