The Impact of Gender Stereotypes on Women in the Workplace

Xinyi Ye

doi:10.54254/2753-7064/13/20230257

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The Impact of Gender Stereotypes on Women in the Workplace

Xinyi Ye *^,1,

¹ Heilongjiang International University

* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

https://doi.org/10.54254/2753-7064/13/20230257

Abstract

In recent years, although the protection of women’s rights has made considerable progress in the workplace, it’s still difficult for women to enter senior positions with typical “masculine characteristics”, and they still suffer from unequal treatment compared with men. Gender discrimination is still relatively common in workplace. Among them, cognitive bias toward gender is one of the leading causes of gender discrimination in the workplace, and these cognitive biases are partly derived from gender stereotypes. These stereotypical expectations not only reflect existing differences but also profoundly influence the way men and women define themselves and are treated by others. Typical stereotypes about men and women are often widely shared daily. This paper studies the connotation, representation, and formation reasons for gender stereotypes, analyzes the adverse effects of gender stereotypes on women in the workplace, and puts forward suggestions for improving women’s unequal treatment in the workplace from the perspective of gender stereotypes.

Keywords

gender stereotyping, female groups, gender discrimination, employment equality

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Ye,X. (2023). The Impact of Gender Stereotypes on Women in the Workplace. Communications in Humanities Research,13,125-130.

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