Question

Examine the role of social institutions in gender stereotyping.

Answer 1

We find that apart from geography, political system, religion, and the level of economic development, one has to consider social institutions related to gender inequality to better account for differences in development. Our results show that social institutions that deprive women of their autonomy and bargaining power in the household, or that increase the private costs and reduce the private returns to investments into girls, are associated with lower female education, higher fertility rates and higher child mortality. Moreover, social institutions related to gender inequality are negatively associated with governance measured as rule of law and voice and accountability

Answer 2

Hi fellow,

Gender stereotyping mainly starts from home and later from social institutions. When children are exposed to enhances rights or lesser rights as compared to other genders, automatically a feeling of inferiority along questions emerge in their minds. Gender stereotyping leads to suppressed confidence and of one gender while elevated rights and opportunities in all matters of rights for other gender. Although changes have been initialized in order to rehabilitate all of this and vanish gender stratification.

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