Gender stereotypes (ALG vs COL)

Understanding gender stereotype as a social standar of what is right to do or not to do based on the sex of someone, it depends directly in the culture context. In this two exact contexts can be seen how this depends also with the religious believes, in this case Catholicism and Islamism.

The islam is practiced by the 97% of Algerians, and it governs their personal, political, economic and legal lives. And also defines the gender roles in the society, mostly. In this ideology women should accomodate their bahavior in order to accepted. The feminity and masculinity are concepts that are also highly reflected in the “male dominance and female subordination”

In the other hand, Colombia is influenced by catholicism, and also have influence in the education, social welfare and organization. But it does not interfers ,mostly, with the role that they perform in the society. Otherwise, in the recent years women have entered on a massive scale in the formal labor markets. But still facing worst working conditions than men.

Reminding that this is just based on stereotypes, in both of the cases above is shown a sexual divission where males are favored. Eventhough in Colombia this is seem as an inequiality and is already on a change, meanwhile in Algeria is just a term of belief, that is accepted.

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