Female Stereotypes

In Today’s world, there have been set definitions for the different sexes and how they view and interact with their surroundings. Females are given the more maternal role that is filled with calming and more optimistic environments and views. Males, on the other hand, are viewed to be challenged with the stronger and more difficult and masculine tasks. They are normally seen in a more realistic environment and some may associate them with more violence, as seen throughout history. While conducting a very qualitative survey, the question of whether males or females were more optimistic or if they were more pessimistic was asked. The hypothesis was that females would be more optimistic because they are seen in society as more peaceful and fragile while males would be more pessimistic which might be related to their masculinity and raw views. In this study the data was successful with how the data was collected and showing the different views of females and males when given an abstract image but lacked in a confirmed collected definition of what was classified as an optimistic and pessimistic image, showing the views of all of the …show more content…
The respondent was shown a series of ten pictures that contained an abstract ink blot and were asked what they could see within it. This type of surveying was successful when collecting data from the respondents because most respondents volunteered to participate rather than the surveyor searching for a subject and gaining no response. Ten out of the fourteen respondents volunteered to take the survey without the surveyor asking them. This could show that their responses were genuine because of their enthusiasm to take the test. A survey was also beneficial when applied to this study because the surveyor is present throughout the survey, unlike a mailed survey or a survey