WHAT ARE

GENDER
STEREOTYPES?
WHAT ARE
GENDER
STEREOTYPES?

• According to the Offi ce of the High Commissioner for Human

Rights (OHCHR), a gender stereotype "is a generalised view or
preconception about attributes, or characteristics that are or
ought to be possessed by women and men or the roles that are
or should be performed by men and women".A gender
stereotype is therefore harmful when it limits the capacity
of women and men to develop their personal attributes or
professional skills and to take decisions about their lives and
plans.

• "Neither boys nor girls are born sexist, there is something that
we as a society do to them to make them reach that point,"  

Your Task:
(30% of your classroom mark)
Find a short clip from a movie, advert,
series, cartoon, music video clip...
where you can find an example of gen
der sterotype and upload it together wi
th a short comment explaining it as in
the following examples:
Billy Elliot

• GRANDMA:
I USED TO GO TO BALLET.

• JACKIE: ALL RIGHT FOR YOUR NAN
A. FOR GIRLS. NO, NOT FOR LADS,
BILLY. LADS DO FOOTBALL...OR BO
XING...OR WRESTLING. NOT FRIGGI
N' BALLET.
 Little Mermaid
Ursula:

You've got your looks...

your pretty face... and
don't underestimate the
importance of "bo-dy
lan-guage."
Upload the task (video + comment) on
the virtual classroom

Little Mermaid: The only

Billy Elliot: Men are not
supposed to do Ballet. Men are
suppossed to do more agressive
activities
important thing in a woman is
her looks. According to the
film, the charming prince falls
in love with her which reassures
this idea in the film.