People often think Gender norms and stereotypes are the same. They are actually different. Here are some examples of gender norms and stereotypes followed by counterexamples. In the book ‘ In the heat of the night ‘, which is mostly based on segregation, we can find many gender norms and stereotypes and see how they are different. On page 106, Chief Gillespie says how black people should not have the right to be smart, meaning that they are ‘supposed’ to be dumb, according to stereotypes, but Virgil Tibbs is actually very smart, which proves that this is just a stereotype and black people.
