Mapping Embarkation Navigation Destination Resources Learning about gender stereotype Learning to evaluate the text by leitmotif Active reading 2: Mapping Adam and Eve Active reading 2: Embarkation A poem Sexism in language Sexism in the workplace Gender stereotype Gender stereotype Active reading 2: Embarkation Read a definition of stereotype plete the boxes. Stereotypes are generalizations, or assumptions, that people make about the characteristics of all members of a group, based on an image (often wrong) about what people in that group are like. More Gender stereotype Active reading 2: Embarkation Inside the box write your presumptions about what ideal husbands or wives are like. Ideal husband Ideal wife 1. tough 2. capable 3. reliable 1. caring 2. patient 3. faithful To win the heart of their love, what will people do? click Gender stereotype Active reading 2: Embarkation To win girls’ heart, young men have to be trained as tough, capable and reliable. Or they will most probably bemoan their bachelor’s status for the rest of their lives. Similarly, girls are prone to let on that they will e faithful wives and loving mothers even if they are not the type. A poem Active reading 2: Embarkation 5. 男人是大地的主宰,女人是家庭的皇帝, 男人用利剑打天下,女人用利针守家门, 男人用脑征服女人,女人用心征服男人, 男人惯于命令女人,女人****惯服从男人。 These beliefs are so ingrained in our consciousness that many of us think that gender roles are natural, so we don’t question them. Even if we don’t consciously subscribe to them as part of our own belief system, our culture bombards us with messages about what it means to be men and women today. Gender stereotype Active reading 2: Embarkation These beliefs are so ingrained in our consciousness that many of us think that gender roles are natural, so we don’t question them. Even if we don’t consciously subscribe to them as part of our own belief system, our culture bombards us with messages about what it means to be men and women today.