Gender Stereotypes among Young Adults

Pages: 208-211
Swathi, P.S. and Mahesh Babu (Department of PG Studies and Research in Psychology, SDM PG Centre, Ujire, Karnataka)

Today’s youth is tomorrow’s future. Any unhealthy attitude that the youth holds will be passed on to the next generation. Gender stereotype is a widely held belief or generalization about the behaviors, characteristics and roles performed by women and men. The current study focuses on Gender stereotype among young adults. The scales used to assess the variables are Gender stereotype scale by Arjun Sekhar and socio-demographic details on 139 young adults which consist of 80 females and 59 males within the age group of 18 to 35. The data was analyzed using independent samples t-test. The findings of the study indicate that there is significant difference in Gender stereotype among male and female young adults.