it refers to unequal treatment, access to opportunities, power, and resources based on gender.

Gender-Based Social Inequalities

It refers to the unequal treatment or perceptions of individuals based on their gender. It results in unequal access to rights, resources, opportunities, and power.

Gender Inequality

It happens when a person is treated unfairly specifically because of their gender or gender identity.

Gender Discrimination

Underrepresentation of women in high government positions. Gender-based political harassment

Political Inequality

Gender pay gap. Women concentrated in lower-paying jobs. Limited women in executive leadership

Economic Inequality

Double standards in dating and sexuality Expectation that women prioritize family over career Men discouraged from emotional vulnerability

Social and Cultural Inequality

Women are emotional. Men are strong and rational.

Personality Stereotypes

Generalized beliefs about how men and women should behave.

Gender Stereotyping

Women should be caregivers. Men should be providers.

Role Stereotypes

a belief system emphasizing male dominance, toughness, and superiority. Reinforces male authority and discourages emotional expression.

Machismo

Engineers are male. Nurses are female.

Occupational Stereotypes

The belief that women should emulate the Virgin Mary, pure, self-sacrificing, submissive. Normalizes women's self-sacrifice and discourages resistance to abuse.

Marianismo

Women must be modest and attractive. Men must be muscular and dominant.

Physical Appearance Stereotypes

Hatred or prejudice against women.

Misogyny

It includes using masculine terms for generic roles (e.g., "policeman"), gender-specific pronouns, and stereotypical descriptors that reinforce traditional roles.

Gender-biased language

Hatred or prejudice against men.

Misandry

it reflects and perpetuates gender inequality, stereotypes, and discrimination by favouring one gender, usually men, over others.

Gender-biased language