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Gender Roles in Our Society Are Based On Prejudice
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Gender Roles in Our Society Are Based On Prejudice The hypothesis, "Gender Roles in Our Society Are Based on Prejudice", means that the roles of men and women in society are all based on prejudice. Prejudice means that we are biased against a person based on very little or no evidence the. "Prejudice is an attitude. Prejudiced people might dislike people who are different from themselves and behave in a discriminatory manner, believing them to be ignorant or dangerous. The negative evaluations that mark prejudice can stem from emotional associations, from the need to justify behaviour, or from negative beliefs, called stereotypes. Gender stereotypes are the psychological characteristics believed to be differentially associated with women and men in a particular cultural group. Pan cultural gender stereotypes are the psychological characteristics differentially associated with women and men across many cultural groups. For example, women are often said to be more emotional and...
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