An expository article published to YouGov entitled, "Lasting gender stereotypes in the workplace," written by Kate Palmer, an author for YouGov, Life, and Omnibous Research, expresses that although gender equality has made great strides, there are still gender related stereotypes in the work place that continue to remain.
"The male dominated and top-down office of the 1950's has been replaced with a much greater degree of equality and meritocracy," says Palmer. Over the past five decades gender in the US labor force has changed tremendously for the better. With women rising to the same level of pay as men they are able to become independent and focus on their careers.
According to Palmer, "The transformation has also profoundly affected men." On one hand, men and women are now interacting on an equal professional level, as well as outside the workplace. On the other hand, more men are finding themselves in roles that had once been considered strictly work for women.
Palmer says that although "the overwhelming majority of Americans, and the law, demands equality of opportunity for both sexes," do we really believe that both genders are equally able to perform any job? Most Americans still believe that there are very specific jobs that are gender distinct. Most people, especially men, would disagree that women are well suited to be a firefighter; likewise, most people, mainly women, would feel that a man would not be as well suited to be a receptionist.
These gender stereotypes are worldwide and in many other countries they are far more pronounced than they are in the United States. Equal rights between men and women in the work place have evolved greatly, but there are clearly gender stereotypes that still need to be done away with.
In conclusion, research shows that gender stereotypes continue to exist and vary according to age, education, and even political party.
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