HCM 4012 W5 Assignment Stereotyping Problem
HCM 4012 W5 Assignment Stereotyping Problem
Clearly define the problem to be solved or identify symptoms that suggest an underlying problem.
Who are the stakeholders in this situation and how are they involved or impacted by this problem?
What alternative solutions should be considered in solving this problem?
How did you arrive at these alternatives?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of each alternative? Quantify where possible.
Indicate which alternative you would recommend and why.
Indicate the potential risks if this recommendation turns out to be wrong.
How do you expect each of the stakeholders to react to your recommendation?
A gender stereotype is a generalized view or preconception about attributes or characteristics, or the roles that are or ought to be possessed by, or performed by, women and men. A gender stereotype is harmful when it limits women’s and men’s capacity to develop their personal abilities, pursue their professional careers and/or make choices about their lives.
Whether overtly hostile (such as “women are irrational”) or seemingly benign (“women are nurturing”), harmful stereotypes perpetuate inequalities. For example, the traditional view of women as care givers means that child care responsibilities often fall exclusively on women.
Further, gender stereotypes compounded and intersecting with other stereotypes have a disproportionate negative impact on certain groups of women, such as women from minority or indigenous groups, women with disabilities, women from lower caste groups or with lower economic status, migrant women, etc.
Gender stereotyping refers to the practice of ascribing to an individual woman or man specific attributes, characteristics, or roles by reason only of her or his membership in the social group of women or men. Gender stereotyping is wrongful when it results in a violation or violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
Examples include:
- Not criminalizing marital rape, perceiving that women are the sexual property of men; and
- Failing to investigate, prosecute and sentence sexual violence against women, believing that victims of sexual violence agreed to sexual acts, as they were not dressing and behaving “modestly”.
Wrongful gender stereotyping is a frequent cause of discrimination against women. It is a contributing factor in violations of a vast array of rights such as the right to health, adequate standard of living, education, marriage and family relations, work, freedom of expression, freedom of movement, political participation and representation, effective remedy, and freedom from gender-based violence.