In person icon Critical Approaches to Gender Roles, Stereotypes, Gender Gap, and Intersectionality in Civic Education

Abstract

The panel explores the impact of primary socialization agents such as families on gender stereotypes in secondary socialization agents like schools. It critically discusses power dynamics and gender empowerment strategies through Politics in Classroom with special focus on intersectionality including gender, race, ethnicity, and socio-economic aspects. In addition to that, the panel examines the gender-gap in politics and political leadership looking at the resistance of gender stereotypes and their impact on political leadership and how these gender stereotypes even impact women’ perception of their own understanding of politics. The panel brings together an excellent variety of qualitative and quantitative research including observations, focus groups, interviews, and survey data in variety of countries such as Belgium, Czeck, Denmark, Germany, and India.

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