Gender Stereotypes In Life-Span Human Development By Carol Sigelman

According to the textbook, Life-Span Human Development, 7th edition, by Carol Sigelman, on page 382, gender roles are "the patterns of behavior that females and males should adopt in a particular society." For instance, women should take on the role of a wife, or mother. Also, young girls should play with dolls rather than racecars. Gender norms differ from this. Referring back to the textbook, Life-Span Human Development, 7th edition, by Carol Sigelman, on page 382, "characteristics and behaviors viewed as desirable for males and females are specified in gender-role norms-- society's expectations or standards concerning what males and females should be like." An example of this would be how men are classified as being tough and show little emotions, while women are seen a fragile. Gender stereotypes, looking back at the textbook, Life-Span Human Development, 7th edition, by Carol Sigelman, on page 382, are "overgeneralized and largely innaccurate beliefs about what males and females are like." An illustration of this case would be that all women are terrible at sports or they cannot drive.
The first being that "the only reason women dress nicely and wear makeup is to impress their love interests." Sometimes I just like to look nice to feel good about myself. Not everything a woman does has to try to attract a man. Another stereotype that bothers me is "every women enjoys eating a healthy salad for lunch." Yes, I do enjoy salads. However, I enjoy steak more and would choose that over a salad any day of the week. One last stereotype that blows my mind is that "all women are angry because they have their periods." This is the most absurd thing I have ever heard. I really don't think most people can tell when a women is acutally on their period. Maybe women are just angry because that person who made this analyzation said something stupid, like this