Question

Identify the statement that indicates stereotypical thinking.

• A. Girls should go for higher education.
• B. Only men can be farmers.
• C. Some people from rural areas have extraordinary talent.
• D. Men or women anyone can be a good nurse at hospital.

Answer 1

The correct option is B Only men can be farmers.

Stereotype is a generalised belief about a particular category of people. We make stereotypes when we believe that similar kinds of jobs or professions are related to similar kinds of people or genders.
For example, ‘girls should work in the kitchen’, or ‘boys should not cry’ is the stereotype ideology.
Similarly, the idea that only men can be farmers is another example of stereotypical thinking.
Even though the World Bank says 56% of working women in India are doing work in the agricultural sector. And in 2011, 3 out of 4 farmers were women. So, option B is the correct answer.