gender stereotype
collocation in Englishmeaningsofgenderandstereotype
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gender
noun
uk/ˈdʒen.dər/us/ˈdʒen.dɚ/
a group of people in a society who share particular qualities or ways of behaving which that society associates with being male, female, or ...
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stereotype
noun[C]
uk/ˈster.i.ə.taɪp/us/ˈster.i.ə.taɪp/
a set idea that people have about what someone or something is like, especially an idea that ...
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(Definition ofgenderandstereotypefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofgender stereotype
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The gender decision on the pronoun was, in fact, faster when the grammatical gender of the pronoun matched thegenderstereotypeassociated with the prime.
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Overall, these reading time studies provide evidence ofgenderstereotypeeffects in anaphor resolution.
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A role noun was considered to convey nogenderstereotypewhen at least 80% of the participants ticked the answer noun used for both female and male referents.
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Both 'lyrical tradition' and 'electronica' are performed in unison rather than in conflict with canon, tradition andgenderstereotype.
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One example of an implicitgenderstereotypeis that males are seen as better at math than are females.
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These kinds of differences in implicit activation that vary by the gender of the target suggest an implicitgenderstereotype.
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The authors found that there was indeed an implicitgenderstereotype.
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There has been empirical support for an implicit hierarchygenderstereotype.
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The implicit hierarchygenderstereotypeis stronger for men than it is for women, which means men end up with more status and power than women.
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The strength of this association is not predicted by explicit beliefs, such as responses on agenderstereotypequestionnaire (for example, one question asked if subjects endorsed the word feminist).
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Note the suggestions that women may be swayed more by emotional reactions or that men may evaluate candidates more on the basis of gender stereotypes.
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The male and female gender stereotyped role nouns used in this study were defined as such by 76 and 82% of the students, respectively.
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First, we may assume, that males and females due to gender stereotyping have different perceptions of the dimensions of social support.
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Older people were under-represented and portrayed as a homogeneous, resource-rich and productive social group, and gender stereotypes were prevalent.
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The theme is gendered and speaks to gender stereotypes and gender conflicts.
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Continued sensitivity to issues related to gender stereotyping should result in the further reduction of such extremes.
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The findings are discussed in relation to feminist approaches to body size and gerontological research on age\\gender stereotypes.
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The liefdesliedjie, the most popular genre, is characterised by its propagation of rigid gender stereotypes.
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Their comments indicate that many understand male gender in opposition to female and how boys may rely on gender stereotypes to form a male musical identity.
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Gender stereotypes about honorific language tend to be naturalized in speechindependent social practices as well.
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