By using this age group, it shows how influenced they could have been by family or peers. Gender stereotypes are constantly being pushed on to younger people because they can be heavily influenced, and if someone tells a young boy or girl that boys are better at sports than girls, they are more likely to believe it and hold that stereotype. The first weakness of the study is that it was not specified how they recruited their participants. It is known that they are high school students, but it is not specified whether or not they were forced to take the questionnaire or if it was voluntary. Also, it was mentioned that there was a variety of backgrounds, but economic background and a middle sized city in France are the only pieces of information mentioned, so this study could be labeled as unrepresentative. Another weakness in the study is that it was a self-report scale of gender stereotype, and that potentially leads to
By using this age group, it shows how influenced they could have been by family or peers. Gender stereotypes are constantly being pushed on to younger people because they can be heavily influenced, and if someone tells a young boy or girl that boys are better at sports than girls, they are more likely to believe it and hold that stereotype. The first weakness of the study is that it was not specified how they recruited their participants. It is known that they are high school students, but it is not specified whether or not they were forced to take the questionnaire or if it was voluntary. Also, it was mentioned that there was a variety of backgrounds, but economic background and a middle sized city in France are the only pieces of information mentioned, so this study could be labeled as unrepresentative. Another weakness in the study is that it was a self-report scale of gender stereotype, and that potentially leads to