Stereotypes Of Women Research Articles

Angry Black Woman: Debunking the Stereotype Through Black Women’s Lived Narratives

The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore and describe how black women cope with the angry black woman stereotype. Past research on black women’s anger indicated there is much psychological stress that comes with the perpetuation of the stereotype. Research questions are as followed: How do black women cope with the angry black woman narrative? What is the emerging story of the angry black women stereotype? Who are the players in this narrative? The research was conducted by way of the narrative approach to chronologically analyze the lived experiences of each participant. The sampling strategy was purposeful sampling through maximum variation. The data collection included interviews and observations. Validation strategies included member checking and rich thick descriptions. Biases were bracketed and reflexive which established dependability. Results revealed the following themes: Perpetuation, healing, and changing the narrative. Participant narratives of the 9 participants--3 black male, 3 young adult black women, and 3 older black women, indicated that ‘perpetuation of the stereotype’ was continued through the media and colorism; ‘healing’ starts with black women allowing other black women to simply exist ; and leading to ‘changing the narrative’ by not categorizing black women as angry. Implications of the results for future studies include creating a forum for only black women to participate in conversations that lead to the debunking of the stereotype. The results of this study can contribute to the field of social and experimental psychology and help initiate positive change for black women and the African American community.

Cindy Shermans Construction of Female Identity a Practice more than Depthless Pastiche

Cindy Sherman, a female post-modern artists, experiments with multiple identities in her artworks to disclose issues related to gender power structures, such as male gaze, voyeurism, and flawed aesthetic pursuits forced by males, and to promote positive female images, scraping off stereotypes of women being emotional, brainless, and dependent. Though she alludes to twentieth-century Holleywood B movies, fashion posters, and fairy tales, the humor and sarcasm used in her work and the groundbreaking feminism ideas altogether leads Cindy Shermans portrait photographs beyond a superfacial use of pastiche, a technique of blank mimicry that Fredric Jameson believes most postmodernists employ. Cindy Sherman achieves a complication in her topics through choices of props and settings, wearing makeups, and employing gestures.

The Impact of Gender Inequality in Higher Education on Female Employment

Under the premise of Gender Stereotyping in education, the difference between males and females at the stage of higher education somewhat restricts the future employment development of females. Throughout this paper, it develops a series of studies on the future employment development of females around the gender inequality existing in the higher education stage. By reviewing existing literature and data, it examines the current situation of women in higher education and how it affects them. This paper analyses the impact on women's future employment choices by looking at the gender stereotypes of women in higher education, the curriculum and choices of higher education, and the representation and lack of gender equality in higher education. Therefore, this passage will discover the requirements of women’s educational expectations and the influence of factors on women’s employment, the consciousness of gender inequality through the teaching process of higher education, and the analysis and suggestions on the status quo of gender equality education in colleges.

STRUGGLE OF THE MAIN CHARACTER IN JANE EYRE MOVIE DIRECTED BY ROBERT YOUNG

The objective of this research is to understand the meaning of Struggle. A struggle is an effort
 made or done by a person or group that can influence an event with hard work that is full of
 challenges to achieve something Struggle is also hard work accompanied by a strong desire to
 get it without being tired. The writer used the qualitative method to analyze the type of struggle
 of the main character “Jane Eyre” in Jane Eyre movie. The results of the analysis are the writer
 found three types of struggle in the movie, they are, Struggle of life, Struggle of love, and
 Internal Struggle. In the movie, the main character is a woman named Jane who runs against the
 Gothic stereotype of the submissive woman in distress. Physically plain and slight, Jane is
 acutely intelligent and fiercely independent. She is also a shrewd judge of character.

TUHAN, IZINKAN AKU BERNYANYI: ROCKER MUSLIMAH SUNDA DAN RESISTENSI TERHADAP STEREOTYPE

This paper provides an analysis of resistance carried out by a rock band called Voice of Baceprot (VoB). VoB is a group of heavy metal musicians consisting of three young Sundanese Muslimah from Garut, Indonesia. Sundanese women are usually portrayed as having ambiguous characteristics, especially as depicted in the media. Physically, they are often perceived as attractive and ageless, while their personality traits are considered hard-working, assertive, principled, smart, and trustworthy. These perceptions thus create a negative stereotype of Sundanese women, especially since it is still taboo for muslim women to do rock music. This article aims to explain how these young Sundanese muslimah resist and negotiate their freedom as expressed through heavy metal music. Content analysis is used to analyze the data, such as the interview and the lyrics of their songs. The result shows that the values of religion still prevent women, especially young women, to pursue a career in arts. How VoB fight for freedom is not driven in a frontal and disruptive way, but they use their own vulnerability as their resistance. Through the lyrics, the way they dress, and how they express themself in the media, these young women show that freedom will never oppose from being shari’a muslim.

The “hot Taiwanese girl” persona: The dynamics of politics and femininity in Taiwan

ABSTRACT Originating in social media, an unconventional gendered political persona, “hot Taiwanese girl (la tai mei),” of the incumbent President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen has become well-known in Taiwan and beyond. Drawing on frameworks of femininity in politics and political persona on social media, this study scrutinizes this persona as an empowering political tool. Using critical discourse analysis, this study examines Dwagie’s rap song, “Hot Taiwanese Girl,” where the persona was created and the media, cultural and political contexts to reveal that it was used to construct understandings about cross-strait conflicts, create a collective Taiwanese identity and win the political favor of voters in election campaigns of Tsai and the Democratic Progressive Party. While this served to subvert the stereotypes of women in politics, the power to interpret femininity remains in the masculine domain. Through the prism of the “hot Taiwanese girl,” this paper seeks to unravel the dynamics between femininity and politics, thereby exploring how the representation of femininity is contingent on the political agenda and its appeals to audiences.

Saúde mental: onde se colocam as questões de gênero? Os papéis das mulheres cisgêneras

ABSTRACT The article discusses how workers in the psychosocial care network and activists in the anti-asylum struggle understand issues related to gender hierarchies and their possible implications for comprehensive mental health care aimed at cisgender women. Considering that the asylum served to isolate and control female bodies, and the transformations proposed by the psychiatric reform, which allowed free care based on respect for human rights and the promotion of citizenship, we sought to analyse how stereotypes about the role of women in society permeate care practices in the approach to motherhood and situations of violence experienced by women in the psychosocial care network. In despite of the recognition of gender hierarchies and the need to transform practices in the mental health services, from the interviews emerge a hegemonic discourse about women stereotypes.

Coetzee and the Filipino Woman

Abstract: The character Anya in J.M. Coetzee's Diary of a Bad Year whether knowingly or unknowingly, reinforces white Australian stereotypes of the Filipino woman that Filipina feminists in Australia have tried valiantly to dismantle since the late 1980s. Placing Anya in the context of the history of Filipinas in Australia underscores the unique politics of race and gender that this group experienced. The stereotype of the sexualized Filipina that Anya represents contrasts greatly with the lived experiences of Filipina migrants in Australia, and Filipino cultural constructions of the feminine. Hence, while Filipinos will be offended by Anya, the danger is that Coetzee's Anya normalizes and affirms the white male construction of the sexual Filipina to a non-Filipino readership, further entrenching this image of the Filipina in the popular imagination of white Australians.

A cultural studies analysis of the over-sexualization of Asian women in Hollywood

Stereotypes of Asian women have long persisted, portraying them as submissive, docile and over-sexualized individuals. These traits often remain overlooked, despite the fact that as human beings they are rich in unique personalities. Passive racism perpetuates these harmful generalizations, leading to the devaluation of the Asian race as a whole. This study aims to draw attention to this critical issue and to explore alternative perspectives that challenge traditional images of Asian women. To achieve this goal, ten films were analysed in depth to determine whether contemporary media representations continue to reinforce passive, docile images of Asian women. The results of the study show that despite some progress, the worrying trend of over-objectification and societal neglect of Asian women persists. This study delves into the psychology of society’s overemphasis on perpetuating stereotypes and the resulting impact on Asian women’s self-perceptions and social roles. In addition, this study emphasizes the historical roots of prejudice and misogyny that continue to influence Western society’s perception of Asian women.

Julki, alternatywki, zodiakary. Stereotypy kobiet w młodomowie

The article analyzes contemporary examples of stereotyping of (young) women with the help of label nominations. The indicated neologisms, labeling particular groups of people, duplicate and consolidate in the social opinion negative and – usually – deprecating judgments, contributing to the formation of stereotypes. The new labels (such as bedoesiara, julka, karyna, konserwatywka, and madka) result from expressive and valorizing cognitive simplifications. An emotional and humorous element dominate them because they are based on specific, emotional reactions to contact with the so-called typical units (cf. typical julka, typical rzepiara, typical madka). These neologisms, by labelling given groups of people, reproduce and reinforce in social opinion negative and, usually, biased judgments, which results in new stereotypes.

Indian Territory Reimagined: Ora Eddleman Reed's Twin Territories

ABSTRACT: Twin Territories was a newspaper in Indian Territory from 1898 to 1905 that included the latest regional news, historical information about various tribes, and the column "What the Curious Want to Know." It also incorporated a variety of photographs of American Indian women, portraits of officials, and landmarks. The newspaper actively sustained a national audience. Ora Eddleman Reed understood her role as an editor in Indian Territory in part as a responsibility to correct inaccurate, dangerous representations of Natives people in the US. In addition to countering stereotypes of women, Twin Territories troubled visions of a backwards civilization, offering instead a portrait of Cherokee people as members of a burgeoning capitalist economy. While concentrating on a particular vision of Indian Territory as a modern, developing space, I seek to place Twin Territories in context as an Indian Territory newspaper of the turn of the twentieth century and to study its key features, including the advice column, its short fiction, and the photographic column, "Portraits of Indian Girls." Such representation is all the more complicated by Eddelman Reed's connection to the Cherokee community.

An Evaluation of Women and the Ideological Interest of the Integrated Islamic School

This study aims to analyze the phenomenon of female teachers as mediators in the ideological value transmission by Integrated Islamic Schools in Early Childhood Education institutions. Data were collected using two different techniques, namely questionnaires and in-depth interviews. A total of 43 respondents were selected as the study samples from 11 Integrated Islamic Schools in Early Childhood Education. The result showed that the Integrated Islamic Schools had taken advantage of the gender equality issue promoted by globalization in placing women as educational actors. It has also exploited the conceptions and stereotypes of women as actors with sufficient potential to deal with children in Early Childhood Education institutions. Conclusively, the Integrated Islamic School has empowered women to serve as strategic mediators who can be exploited as a catalyst for instilling ideological values through meeting spaces in each Integrated Islamic School.

Współczesna kobiecość i męskość w opiniach młodych dorosłych – analiza w kontekście stereotypów płci oraz własnych koncepcji tożsamości płciowych badanych.

The analysis of the characteristics that society considers to be characteristic of each gender is one of the oldest perspectives in the study of gender stereotypes. Bearing in mind the changes taking place in the lifestyles of modern women and men as well as the fact that each era creates its own specific image of femininity and masculinity, the respondents (N = 450) were asked about what they consider to be the characteristic features of modern women and men. In addition, they were asked to identify the characteristics that best describe them. Analysis of the responses showed that the respondents attributed to modern women characteristics indicating the stereotype of a career-focused woman, while in the case of the male respondents, the indicated attributes of a modern woman, were a combination of the stereotype of a female sex object and a businesswoman. In the opinions of both groups of respondents, the masculinity is based on the characteristics traditionally attributed to men, gently expanded characteristics of the stereotype of a man, i.e. a life partner who is involved in family life. The question about self-perception in terms of femininity and masculinity showed that the vast majority of women surveyed described themselves using traits considered as typically masculine or combining masculine and feminine traits. In contrast, when describing themselves, men chose traits characteristic of traditional masculinity, while traits associated with femininity (e.g., caring) were only supplementary.

Women Stereotypes in The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath

This article aims to explain how the author Sylvia Plath in her novel The Bell Jar reflects a social problem, namely the stereotypes of women. Women stereotypes are a widespread problem and can be found in women's lives. The stereotypes that have been attached to women can then discredit or vilify women in various ways, including those felt by the main female character in this work, Esther Greenwood. This article uses qualitative method and applies feminist theory to analyze the novel, The Bell Jar. This research reveals that women's lives seem to be regulated and labeled by society, especially what is experienced by the main female character in this novel, Esther. Therefore, the article answers questions regarding what are the stereotypes of women shown in the novel The Bell Jar such as 1) women are required to stay at home and only do housework, 2) women are inferior creatures, and 3) women should look beautiful.

Post Human and Female Cyborg in The Perfect Wife Novel By J.P. Delaney

This study aims to reveal the situation of post human and the description of female cyborg in JP Delaney's novel The Perfect Wife, it also explains how the relationship between humans and cyborgs in this novel. The theory of cyborgism by Donna Harraway is applied to analyze the representation of post humanism as articulated through a female cyborg character. In addition, it is worth-studied as the female cyborg character is positioned in the context of husband-wife marriage. However, this study focuses on two descrition of the female cyborg who is predominantly influenced by typical gender stereotyping.Qualitative research is taken as the approach of this study. Data collection is mostly obtained by close reading technique, while the data analysis is done by applying the theory to analyze the texts taken from author’s narration and characters’ utterances within the novel. The results of this study confirm that the female cyborg character is created by a human has a great potential to replace the role of a human being physically, intellectually and abilities, and the relationship that occurs between cyborgs and humans. It also affirms that the female cyborg presented in the novel is created to satisfy man’s need and characterized to possess typical and stereotypical woman.

The role of media professionals in perpetuating and disrupting stereotypes of women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) fields

Women continue to be underrepresented in the Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) fields despite efforts to enhance interest and persistence at all levels in the educational pipeline. The “chilly” climate documented for girls and women in STEM exists within a broader communication climate established and reinforced by media professionals. The present study examined the role of media professionals in perpetuating stereotypes of women in STEM through two approaches (1) conducting interviews with seventeen STEM women about their engagement with media professionals and (2) surveying 105 media professionals about their stereotypes about science and scientists. STEM women report positive interactions with the media despite incidents of unprofessionalism, dissonance between the processes and pace of science vs. the media, an undercurrent of issues pertaining to gender and other forms of representation, and an ethical responsibility to engage with media. The survey of media professionals revealed persistent stereotypes about scientists across both genders, and these stereotypes were more pronounced among those who engaged with science as part of their job, particularly among those working in entertainment and advertising and those working outside of journalism and social media. To establish greater equity in STEM fields and the knowledge pipeline, communication scholars must investigate the role of media professionals in this process and consider best practices to disrupt media stereotypes about STEM women.

Redefining Female Subjectivity in Australian Indigenous Women’s Poetry

This article discusses the poetry of Romaine Moreton and Lisa Bellear, particularly the poems in which they address the violence against Aboriginal women and girls. It demonstrates how the two poets’ representation of Australian historical and cultural memory destabilises the continuum of colonial power relations and confronts the ongoing stereotypes of Aboriginal women constructed on the basis of a decidedly racist and misogynistic colonial ethos.

WOMEN IN THE SERVICE OF THE PENAL SYSTEM

This article examines the gender aspect in the penal system. The article considers the history of obtaining the rights of women to perform public service in departmental institutions. The article considers the Russian legislation regulating the official activities of female persons in the UIS. The stereotypes of women in the service are described and recommendations are given for optimizing the activities of women employees in this system within the framework of the law.

Othering the ‘bag-lady’: Examining stereotypes of vulnerable and homeless women in popular culture

To protect their membership rights to social resources, services and benefits, Australian citizens constantly renegotiate and reconceptualize sociocultural and political parameters around who belongs as a rights-worthy member of their society. Popular culture has the potential to shape the social, cultural and political attitudes that underpin these considerations. Popular culture mediums such as film and television are visual and narrative devices that posit binaries such as good/bad, men/women, citizen/non-citizen and so on. In particular, the binary of good/bad acts as a discourse through which audiences develop an understanding of what actions and behaviours are considered socially and culturally acceptable, and what actions and behaviours are not. This article seeks to broaden understandings of popular culture’s potential to influence how a society construes its social strictures around who is a member of the hegemonic group and who is the ‘other’. It examines depictions of poor, vulnerable and homeless women characters in film that frame them as the monstrous ‘other’ and argues that these representations negatively impact the visibility of real women who are poor, vulnerable and homeless in Australia, within spaces of sociopolitical discourse. The ongoing repercussions of which, it is contended, are that the needs of this cohort are less visible to the governments and policymakers who are tasked with protecting them.

Being A Psi Researcher in Brazil: My Career and Perceptions as a Woman

This paper presents my career as a psi researcher in Brazil with a focus on obstacles and strategies to establish the study of psi in the academy, which includes my work with anomalistic psychology. Implications of religious and therapeutic perspectives for the development of parapsychology in the country are discussed. Gender issues are also addressed: the invisibility of female researchers/collaborators in the field and perspectives that reinforce the stereotype of women as unbalanced and naturally more connected to the paranormal and to religious/supernatural attributions to paranormal events than men, although surveys conducted in the country do not necessarily corroborate that. Besides efforts to establish psi research in academy, I also mention my actions to try to deconstruct the popular image of women – especially teenager girls – as inevitably unbalanced and connected to paranormal events. Finally, I comment and suggest guidelines to deal with gender issues and religiosity as a constitutive trait of subjectivity based on my own practices as a teacher, researcher, and clinical psychologist.