Gender stereotypes

Gender stereotypes are broad generalisations about what men and women are like, and they are usually widely accepted. Gender stereotypes, according to social role theory, stem from the unequal distribution of men and women in social roles at home and at work (Eagly, 1987, 1997; Koenig and Eagly, 2014). Gendered labour division has persisted for a long time, in both foraging tribes and more socioeconomically complex communities (Wood and Eagly, 2012). In the domestic realm, women have traditionally handled the majority of everyday domestic work and have taken on the role of primary caretaker. Women have always been employed in people-oriented, service-oriented jobs in the workplace.
Gender stereotyped ideas arise from the disparate distribution of men and women into societal roles, as well as the assumptions it inspires about what women and men are like (Koenig and Eagly, 2014).