Examinando por Materia "Gender"

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Gender roles stereotypes in the workplace
(Universidad ECCI, 2016) Castellanos Ángel, Lorena Alexandra; Cruz Castellanos, Ricardo Javier; Vargas Gonzáles, Jorge Yezid
This literary review explores the concepts of gender, sex, stereotype, and gender roles, applied to the workspace. It is important to make the distinction between the first two terms, as they are often confused among people. Besides, this paper is focused on how gender role stereotypes influence all the processes involved in the work areas: from applying to a job, to the opportunities to advance once a person is already working in a company. Given that women are the most affected by these kinds of stereotypes, it has been necessary to study -in a brief way-, some historical moments of women’s struggle to get to the same level as men in every possible aspect in the social context. In conclusion, this paper enabled the identification of gender roles stereotypes and their relevance in the work field in present days; as they lead to prejudices when meeting other people; and the division of professions into masculine and feminine these roles make, affects in a major way people’s job opportunities and career development.
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The role of the media in the creation of gender stereotypes in America
(Universidad ECCI, 2016) Perdomo Gómez, Lynette Elvira; Pérez Machuca, Juan Carlos; Torres Rojas, Jercksy Alejandra; Guzmán Arias, Ana María
This document is a critical -descriptive literature review, whereby try to encompass the beginning and importance of gender stereotypes inside the mass media, besides to identify the role and the use in America. Likewise the ideas are supported with sources and researches with evident and considerable results. Afterwards, the purpose of this document is to create in the readers a clear and concise idea, the reason why the stereotypes are common in the people thoughts and how this have an influence in their preferences, and beliefs to obtain opinions about a specific subject. This paper makes a contrast among gender stereotypes since these are the most remarkable and influential stereotypes in the human beings‟ beliefs and behaviors.