Shaped by Stereotypes: The Lifelong Impact of Gender Roles on Human Development

Abstract

This paper discusses about gender stereotypes and its impact on every individual. There are gender stereotypes from multiple aspect of a new life; before birth and after birth. This paper also studied about the role of parents in gender stereotyping and how gender stereotypes limit the potential of a student starting with pre-primary education, primary education, secondary education, beyond secondary education, in his or her career choices, in society and so on. This paper presents stereotypes from these all aspects and seeks to investigate a logical link between gender stereotypes and overall development of a child. This paper also helps in understanding the consequences of gender stereotyping on every aspect of life of an individual. Not only this, it also provides some strategies and intervention to overcome this obstacle named gender stereotype and lastly how media play a crucial role in achieving gender equality.