Gender stereotyping refers to stereotyped
images of males and females. Images of males and females are sometimes difficult to see
as stereotypes because they are strongly connected with deep-seated beliefs about the
roles of males and females in our society. Many people find it disturbing when these roles
are questioned.
Activity 1: Thinking about gender stereotypes
Provide students with a copy of the table below which shows some common examples of
gender stereotyping or ask students to copy it. For each example students are to decide:
• what ways of thinking are associated with the stereotyping
• what other possible ways of thinking there might be which are not shown in this
example of stereotyping