Shaped by Stereotypes: The Lifelong Impact of Gender Roles on Human Development

This paper discusses about gender stereotypes and its impact on every individual.There are gender stereotypes from multiple aspect of a new life; before birth andafter birth. This paper also studied about the role of parents in genderstereotyping and how gender stereotypes limit the potential of a student startingwith pre-primary education, primary education, secondary education, beyondsecondary education, in his or her career choices, in society and so on. This paperpresents stereotypes from these all aspects and seeks to investigate a logical linkbetween gender stereotypes and overall development of a child. This paper alsohelps in understanding the consequences of gender stereotyping on every aspectof life of an individual. Not only this, it also provides some strategies andintervention to overcome this obstacle named gender stereotype and lastly howmedia play a crucial role in achieving gender equality.