Artifact 5: Stereotypes

Gender Stereotype in Occupation
Occupation	My Responses	Partners Responses
Doctor	Female	Female
Lawyer	Male	Male
School Teacher	Female	Male
Taxi Driver	Male	Male
Dancer	Female	Female
Babysitter	Female	Female
Chef	Female	Male
Pilot	Male	Male
Mechanic	Male	Male
Architect	Female	Male
Designer	Female	Female
Makeup Artist	Female	Female
System Engineer	Male	Male

The Occupations that were highlighted where the ones that were similar in responses. Those that were not highlighted differed in response. There were jobs that differed for us when we answered i.e when it came to schoolteacher, chef and architect. I didn’t find a pattern, some jobs that are considered a “male” job were labeled as female when we heard the word and vise versa. I chose a partner that was opposite in sex than me and one that was younger, I wasn’t as surprised as I thought I’d be, The newer the generation is, I feel like they have a different take when it comes to stereotypes and try not to impose them.

REFLECTION:

While doing this assignment I learned that there is stereotypes that unconsciously I may have had; whether it was from my culture, or my generation. My culture does influence how was see some jobs having a stigmatism around them. Having chosen a partner that was 6 years younger from a different culture was eye opening.