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Buman, you can't get
Play Wash these una
Papune
a) What stereotype do you see in the above example
with pet do you think this gender stereotype would have on the oil and the boy?
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Answer:
“Moving beyond recognition that gender
stereotyping is an obstacle to women’s rights to
meaningful progress in implementing human
rights obligations to address harmful
stereotypes and wrongful stereotyping will
require all of us – treaty bodies, special
procedures, States Parties, civil society,
academics and many others – to give this issue
the serious attention it deserves.”
OHCHR commissioned report – ‘Gender Stereotyping
as a human rights violation’
What is a stereotype?
A generalised view or preconception about attributes
or characteristics that are or ought to be possessed by
members of a particular social group or the roles that
are or should be performed by, members of a
particular social group.
What is gender stereotype and what is gender
stereotyping?
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. Gender stereotypes can be both positive and
negative for example, “women are nurturing” or
“women are weak”.
Gender stereotyping is the practice of ascribing to
an individual woman or man specific attributes,
characteristics, or roles by reason only of her or his
membership in the social group of women or men.
A gender stereotype is, at its core, a belief and that
belief may cause its holder to make assumptions about
members of the subject group, women and/or men. In
contrast, gender stereotyping is the practice of
applying that stereotypical belief to a person.
When are gender stereotypes and gender
stereotyping human rights concerns?
The international human rights law framework is
concerned with stereotypes and stereotyping that
affect recognised human rights and fundamental
freedoms, rather than all stereotypes and all forms of
stereotyping. The Committee on the Elimination of
Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) has explained
that States Parties are required to modify or transform
“harmful gender stereotypes” and “eliminate wrongful
gender stereotyping”.
A stereotype is harmful when it limits women’s or
men’s capacity to develop their personal abilities,
pursue their professional careers and make choices
about their lives and life plans. Both hostile/negative or
seemingly benign stereotypes can be harmful. It is for
example based on the stereotype that women are more
nurturing that child rearing responsibilities often fall
exclusively on them.
Gender stereotyping is wrongful when it results in a
violation or violations of human rights and fundamental
freedoms.