Stereotypes of men and women

The first blog is about the stereotyping. Stereotypes of men and women means that people based on the difference of gender, make assumption about their abilities and personality and have a set of belief on what are the proper behavior, social roles, abilities and personality of them. It might bring negative effects to the society. Nowadays, the impacts of the stereotypes of men and women become less significant, there are still stereotypes everywhere in our society.

These stereotypes might not be true and reflected reality. For example, people think that men are more capable than women in workplace. These thought is not true. Gender is not a factor that could affect the working ability. In fact, there are also good female leaders, for example, more and more female CEO nowadays. However, majority of the CEO are still men.  According to Fortune, only 25 companies in the Fortune 500 are run by women. It shows that stereotyping is still affecting women’s work.

It might also affect our expectations on others and ourselves and thus affect our behavior and decision. For example, men is good at calculation and logic, so they tend to study mathematics or science subjects, while women is good at language, so they tend to study the subjects of Arts. Some parents also not allow their children to do the jobs that are not fit with their gender. For example, girls should not be a football player because it is too masculine. It would affect people’s work choice and the career development.

Besides, the stereotypes forms pressure and affects people mental health. For example, people think that men should be strong and tough, they cannot cry, so some male tend to not share their feelings with others. Thus, men cannot vent their pressure properly and might have mood disorders easily.

From my point of views, it is unfair to have a fixed impression or assumption about a person just because of its gender. I think some of these stereotypes underestimated people’s ability. Therefore, I think that we should not be limited by these stereotypes and should develop our potential and talent according to our own personality and ability.

Fortunately, the society is kept on improving. In the past, people thought that men should be the breadwinner, taking in charge of external matters, while women should take care of domestic matters. Nowadays, it becomes more and more common that men would stay at home and take care of the children and housework, while their wife would go to work. Society is more opened and individuals’ choices are being respected. We should adopt an objective and open attitude towards the issue about men and women and stop those stereotyping. It is hoped that, the negative impacts that brought by stereotyping in the society could be reduced.

Source

Why so few women are CEOs (in 5 charts)

http://fortune.com/2015/01/14/why-so-few-women-ceos/