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An experiment to find out which adjectives of human behaviour is gender stereotyped (which sex the word is mainly associated to).
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An experiment to find out which adjectives of human behaviour is gender stereotyped (which sex the word is mainly associated to) Abstract: The aim of my investigation is to find out which of the following words are generally associated to each of the sexes: * Emotional * Resourceful * Witty * Forgiving * Affectionate * Cruel * Hard-headed * Fussy * Warm * Confident These words will hopefully show how genders can be stereotyped by a group of teenagers. I will ask thirty participants (fifteen males and fifteen females) to judge weather they would associate words to either males or females. These participants were randomly selected from a chosen population. Introduction: Gender stereotypes are ideas that embody the expectations of gender roles (gender roles are behaviours and attitudes that society expects from each gender. These are obtained through the socialisation process). They are beliefs about what males and females are supposed to do. These are generalised ideas. Gender stereotypes are believed to be...
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