A Study of Gender Stereotypes in Gender Inequality

Abstract

We are said to be the people of the modern age where we understand our rights and enjoy our freedom, but is this the real case? As we all live in a society or a community of people where we are expected to be someone in a framework of that particular community-based defined guidelines, this can be the case with religion, caste, or gender such situation can be called or defined as stereotypes, in simple we can define stereotypes as a particular type of person. Similarly, in the case of Gender, a gender stereotype is something that categories a person as a male or female or other just on the way they act, behave or handle their personality as every gender is expected to act or behave according to their defined gender and if he or she fails to do so it acts as a platform for gender inequality otherwise called as gender discrimination. Gender inequality is the main tool or a strong platform for gender inequality hence it becomes very necessary to understand gender stereotypes and their impact on gender discrimination and gender inequality. In this research paper, we will try to understand gender stereotypes and their impact on gender inequality. The main aim of this study was to understand the various faces of gender-based inequality faced by women on daily basis because of gender stereotypes. Hence this research paper draws a conclusion from uncovering the two faces of gender discrimination one of them is gender stereotypes and the other is gender inequality.