For some reason, there are stereotypes concerning what the typical woman and man should be like. More formally, sexual stereotyping is defined as “the formation or promotion of a fixed general idea or ...

The stereotypes we hold can influence our brain's visual system, prompting us to see others' faces in ways that conform to these stereotypes, neuroscientists have found. The stereotypes we hold can ...

Source: This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID fsac.1a34951. Stereotypes have a bad reputation, and for good reasons.

Ask children what musical instruments they would like to play and boys invariably will pick something like the trumpet, drums or saxophone while girls tend to favor the violin, clarinet or flute.