Female Stereotype of Male Dominancy: A Study based on Cabinets Headed by Female as Chief Executive of the Country

Ghulam Nabi

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Ghulam Nabi

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stereotypes, cabinet, gender equality, prime minister

Abstract

Over the past few decades huge amount of research on gender has been conducted with dozens of findings from which female stereotypes about male dominancy is the main subject of this study and the basic purpose of this study is to analyze this phenomenon from the perspective of female as prime minister of the country, a top most effective position to bring a change. The study is based on the data of those cabinets which were selected and headed by female as prime minister and CEO of the country. It has been found that regardless of the region, culture, religion or country economic development, the female stereotypes does exist even among the world best female rulers, which this research argues is a serious hurdle in the way of selection of based on gender equality.

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Female Stereotype of Male Dominancy: A Study based on Cabinets Headed by Female as Chief Executive of the Country. (2015). Global Journal of Management and Business Research, 14(A11), 5-11. https://journalofbusiness.org/index.php/GJMBR/article/view/1488

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