Fawcett research shows exposure to gender stereotypes as a child causes harm in later life
Back to Topic
Click to Print
Useful Websites
Glossary Term Selection
The Fawcett Society is today publishing new research which highlights the lifelong impact of gender stereotyping in childhood. In new polling, 45% of people said that when they were children, they experienced gender stereotyping as they were expected to behave in a certain way. Stereotyping in childhood has wide-ranging and significant negative consequences for both women and men, with more than half (51%) of people affected saying it constrained their career choices and 44% saying it harmed their personal relationships.
Half of all women affected (53%) said gender stereotyping had a negative impact on who does the caring in their own family. Older women were particularly affected by this. Seven in ten younger women (18–34s) affected by stereotypes say their career choices were restricted.
Boys and men feel it too. 69% of men aged under 35 said that gender stereotyping of children has a damaging effect on perceptions of what it means to be a man or a woman.
Men were as likely as wom...
Want to see the rest of this article?
Would you like to see the rest of this article and all the other benefits that Issues Online can provide with?
- Useful related articles
- Video and multimedia references
- Statistical information and reference material
- Glossary of terms
- Key Facts and figures
- Related assignments
- Resource material and websites
