Theme: stereotypes in media portrayals (movies, ads, or TV)

Stereotypically in movies, most of men’s failure are due to love. They tend to give up easily for their partners rather than their incompetence

Men tend to play the lead and strong roles like heroes, businessmen etc and women are seen playing the”weak” roles like victim, housewives etc.

In advertisements, men are mostly seen featuring in the sports sector while the women are mostly featuring in the cosmetics sector.

Theme: interest ( hobbies, leisure activities)

Men:

• often do physical sports like football, basketball - people might think they play sports better than women

• Playing video games during leisure time and they are considered as more experienced and better gamers than women

Women:

• Focus more on details compared to men, so they can do knitting

• collecting cute things such as Labubu ( blind box)

• Fond of fashion items, dressing up themselves, doing makeup

Financial responsibility: boy are supposed to pay for their food entertainment etc

Dominancy of woman : women have more rights determine something

Women tend to have more emotional thinking than men

Mens has to remember specific celebrations or festival

Theme: decision making-roles at home

First of all, women are often seen as the emotional decision maker and primary caregivers in their family, so they often make smaller decisions or decisions that related to their children's welfare. While men are often stereotyped as more rational and less emotionally driven. Therefore, they often make bigger decisions or decisions that a needs more logic or practicality.

In traditional settings, men are often seen as the leader of their household. Therefore, they often have the final say in making family decisions. While women, are seen as secondary to men in household decisions, so they have to obey their husband's final decision.

In most cases, women are often seen as house wives while men are often seen as the provider of the household. Therefore men often have the authority to make financial decisions in the household compared to women. But, women can also bring income to the family and make financial decisions to the family.

1) Women usually stays in house and do the housework to keep the house tidy while men usually are responsible to go out and work to earn money for the family.

2) Women are expected sacrifice career and personal goals to take care of the children in house.

3) Compared to men, women have more patience to handle childcare and household tasks.

4) Men are expected to initiate romantic gestures such as proposing marriage.

1. Women spend more time on daily chores such as wipe floor, take care of kids, cooking, wash clothes...

   
   

2. Men do chores less frequently as their responsibility is more on providing financially

   • Men mostly do dangerous chores or chores that requires physical strength such as cleaning the fan, changing the light bulbs, painting...

Theme: general comparison

Men

-usually the ones who work to earn money to support the family

-usually known as better at sports and science subjects compared to women

Women

-usually the ones who do house chores such as cooking, cleaning food and taking care of children which are commonly referred as housewives

-usually known as better at humanities such as arts and literature

Group member

Eu-Jeen

Min

Soon Seng

Professions for men

Engineering, doctor, lawyer

• thinking skills is stronger

• leadership skills

• decision making (won't hesitate much)

Hard Labor (physically stronger than women)

• mechanic

• electrician

• construction

Profession for Women:

examples

nurse, marketing agent, teacher, baby sitter, accountant

• soft hearted

• more patient

• sweet taking

Hard Labor

• housewife

• model (Car show, comatic make up)

• agriculture (gardening)

• rationality

  example: Society views men to be more rational and logical, as compared to women. Men will less likely let emotions to affect in decision making.

• biological constitution

  example: Companies will choose men over women for leadership roles. Women will need maternity leave during pregnancies, and it will affect the flow of the company’s progress, but men do not need it and is able to keep working even after marriage.

Themes:Personal interest and career aspirations

1)Personal interest

Compare to women,men would prefer physical sports (football,basketball,badminton)

While the women would prefer to shopping like buying make-up,etc. for satisfy their desires and good looking

2)Career aspirations

Compare to women,men are often stereotypes as aspiring to be CEOs,executives or business leaders

While the women expected to choose careers that allow flexibility for family responsibilities