Gender stereotypes are views about how members of a specific gender should behave or which attributes they should have. Examples include females being stereotyped as more emotional than males. Gender ...

Despite workplace gains for women, gender stereotypes continue worldwide. A large study explains how social roles keep them ...

Generational labels are convenient shorthand, but they often come loaded with a hefty dose of assumptions. The Baby Boomer generation, born between roughly 1946 and 1964, is particularly prone to ...

The advertising world is inundated with with different types of stereotypes, ranging from gender and race to socioeconomic roles. Gender roles in commercials are especially prominent. Advertising ...

Simplified stereotypes of "typical" Americans, Brazilians, Chinese, and other groups are common but highly mistaken, according to a National Institute on Aging (NIA) study that examined the accuracy ...

Stereotypes are simplified and often inaccurate ideas about a group of people that can lead to harmful assumptions and reinforce prejudice. These representations, whether seen in media, books, or ...

As Black Lives Matter movements are gaining support, many people are arguing that our youth are needed to speak up for change. My next two blog posts were inspired by some of our summer undergraduate ...

According to a new study by Park and Banchefsky, thinking of men as fathers improves male gender stereotypes. Social role theory suggests that people experience sociocultural pressures to engage in ...