Psych 3540

Gender Stereotypes

Monica Ard

Culture, Ethnicity, and Diversity

Gender Stereotypes Paper

Capella University

September, 2014

Gender Stereotypes

Questionnaire

Occupation Your Responses Your Partner’s Responses

1. Doctor female both

2. Lawyer female Female

3. School teacher Female female

4. Taxi driver male male

5. Dancer female both

6. Baby sitter female female

7. Chef male both

8. Pilot male both

9. Mechanic male male

10. Architect male male

11. Designer female male

12. Make-up artist female female

13. System engineer male male

Cultural Differences

The person I chose as my partner on this assignment is my sister. The assignment does state that the person you choose needs to be from a different cultural background. Diana is from a different cultural background. She is my half sister and was raised by her Mexican mother. I, on the other hand, was raised by my Native American mother.

Although we were both raised to be more American than anything else, the backgrounds of the adults in our lives were significantly different. Those differences shaped each of our perceptions of the world around us. We went to different schools, had different teachers, and made different friends. Another thing that made Diana a good candidate for this assignment is that I had not met her, nor did I know of her existence, until early this year.

Patterns

My Responses

In my responses, it seems as though the gender stereotype is based on a physical skill level. For instance, the occupations I viewed as primarily male required a skill such as fixing, drawing, driving or flying. The occupations I viewed as primarily female are the occupations that require emotional intelligence as well as mental intelligence.

My responses are primarily due to the differences between the males and females in my own family. The men in my family are disposed to...