The Notion of Gender Stereotypes

Abstract

Gender as one of the important categories of human social life is manifested in everyday reality. Representatives of one sex are presented to a special set of behavioral norms and expectations; which are significantly different from the requirements of others. For this purpose, special terms and words are used to describe boys and girls, men and women. All this is reflected in the special forms of the manifestation of public consciousness of stereotypes. In this article the author tries to compare the certain scholars’ notions about the theme before expressing her onw notions and opinions.