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4.03 Gender Stereotypes

Part One: List four common stereotypes that you hear about men and women and explain why that stereotype is unfair or inaccurate. One male and one female example are provided.

|Male Gender Stereotypes |Female Gender Stereotypes |

|Example: |Example: |

|Stereotype: Men are insensitive |Stereotype: Women are bad drivers |

|Why inaccurate or unfair: Many men are sensitive to the needs of |Why inaccurate or unfair: When you look at driving statistics, men |

|others and work in jobs like counseling and nursing where sensitivity |have a higher rate of accidents and tickets than women. |

|is essential. | |

|Stereotype:       |Stereotype:       |

|Why inaccurate or unfair:       |Why inaccurate or unfair:       |

|Stereotype:       |Stereotype:       |

|Why inaccurate or unfair:       |Why inaccurate or unfair:       |

|Stereotype:       |Stereotype:       |

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|Stereotype:       |Stereotype:       |

|Why inaccurate or unfair:       |Why inaccurate or unfair:       |

Part Two: Television, movies, books and video games are full of gender stereotypes. For example, how many times have you seen a TV mom depicted as a perfect housewife? Or what about a male character playing the main role in an aggressive/violent show? In the table below, provide 4 male stereotypes and 4 female stereotypes that you have seen in sources like television, in movies, in books, or in video games. For each one, describe the stereotype, the source, and the character you’re talking about. Remember to put characters that FIT the stereotype. One male and one female example are provided.

|Male Gender Stereotypes |Female Gender Stereotypes |

|Example: 24 – the main character (Jack Bauer) is a tough, aggressive |Example: The Flintstones – both wives of the show (Wilma and Betty) are|

|male who is very independent and does not like to be ordered around |homemakers and have ideal body types for women. They are completely |

| |dependent on their husbands. |

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Part Three: Now brainstorm two male characters and two female characters from television, books, movies, or video games that go AGAINST gender stereotypes. Fill in the same information that you did for the previous chart.

|Character that goes against male gender stereotypes |Character that goes against female gender stereotypes |

|17.       |18.       |

|19.       |20.       |

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