Stereotypes and a questionnaire
Realizzato con il finanziamento della Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri – Dipartimento per le Pari Opportunità”.
Progetto “Dialogare nella Differenza”
I.M.S. Erasmo da Rotterdam classe 2AL
Stereotypes
At the beginning of our project we talked about stereotypes and we drew up a list of the
most common ones about women and men
MEN
WOMEN
Not very romantic
Forget birthdays, important days
Not sensitive
Cold
Strong and brave
Never cry
Always watch football
Work better than women
Good at manual work
Able at the best job
Love cars
Frugal
Are leaders
Get easily angry
Adventurous
Unfaithful
Possessive
Boastful
Aloof
Proud
Sensible and sensitive
Touchy
Get offended easily
Love the family
Good housewives
Cry a lot
Moody
Love shopping
Spend a lot of money
Good at cooking
Always on the phone
Talk too much
Can’t drive well
Revengeful
Complicated
Listen better than men
Reflective
Like love stories in films and books
Can’t play or don’t like football
Fussy
Peaceful
Sweet
Progetto “Dialogare nella Differenza”
I.M.S. Erasmo da Rotterdam classe 2AL
After discussing the stereotypes we prepared a questionnaire about women, men and
their roles in the family.
Questionnaire
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1. Who does the housework?
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2. Who does the shopping?
3. Who stays at home with the children?
4. Who makes important decisions?
5. Who takes a parental leave?
6. Who stays at home when the children are ill?
7. Who helps the children with the homework?
8. Who takes the children to school?
9. Who has a job?
Possible answers:
Progetto “Dialogare nella Differenza”
I.M.S. Erasmo da Rotterdam classe 2AL
men
mainly men
mainly women
women
The aim of this questionnaire was to follow the development of the roles
of women and men in the family in the past 50 years.
For this reason we asked:
- Our grandparents to think about their family of origin and how their
parents (our great-grandparents) shared the tasks
- We asked our parents the same questions with regard to their own
parents (our grandparents)
- In the end it was our turn to consider our parents and answer the same
questions
Progetto “Dialogare nella Differenza”
I.M.S. Erasmo da Rotterdam classe 2AL
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
16
14
12
10
8
6
4
2
0
man
mainly man
mainly woman
jo
b?
im
po
rta
nt
de
ci
si
on
?
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ha
s
w
ho
m
ak
es
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or
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w
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ith
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ho
m
ew
or
k?
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sc
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ol
to
th
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s
w
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w
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ta
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s
ch
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n
th
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w
ith
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ild
re
n?
le
av
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w
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st
ay
s
w
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pa
re
nt
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th
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w
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w
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es
th
e
ho
us
ew
or
k
?
sh
op
pi
ng
?
woman
From the answers given by our grandparents we understand that when they were children there was a clear division between
the tasks carried out in the home by women and those carried out by men
Women didn’t go to work , they had to stay at home, do the housework and look after the children. They couldn’t make the
important decisions about their families and they respected their husbands who were the only ones who had a job.
Progetto “Dialogare nella Differenza”
I.M.S. Erasmo da Rotterdam classe 2AL
GRANDPARENTS
16
14
12
10
man
mainly man
8
6
4
2
0
mainly woman
ith
w
ho
he
lp
s
th
e
ch
w
ta
ke
s
e
w
ho
at
ho
m
st
ay
s
ho
w
ch
ild
re
il d
n?
re
w
t
n
he
ho
to
ch
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r
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t
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to
th
w
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or
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w
he
n
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ho
w
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m
ho
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ha
es
s
im
a
jo
po
b?
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nt
de
ci
si
on
?
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ta
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ta
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ll
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in
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sh
op
p
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th
w
w
ho
do
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s
do
es
th
e
ho
us
ew
or
k?
woman
The answers our parents gave us about their families of origin tell us that our grandparents still had a division of tasks
even though they started to cooperate in some activities
Progetto “Dialogare nella Differenza”
I.M.S. Erasmo da Rotterdam classe 2AL
PARENTS
16
14
12
10
man
mainly man
8
6
4
2
0
mainly woman
a
jo
im
b?
po
rta
nt
de
ci
si
on
?
ha
s
m
ak
es
w
ho
.. ,
w
or
k
to
w
ho
ch
ild
...
th
e
w
he
n
th
e
ho
m
ew
or
k?
?
sc
ho
ol
w
ith
w
ho
th
e
he
lp
s
do
es
n'
tg
o
ch
il d
re
n
th
e
ta
ke
s
w
ho
to
ch
ild
re
n
th
e
ch
ild
re
n?
le
av
e?
w
ho
at
ho
m
e
ta
ke
s
st
ay
s
w
ho
w
ith
in
g?
pa
re
nt
al
sh
op
p
th
e
w
ho
do
es
w
ho
w
ho
do
es
th
e
ho
us
e
w
or
k?
woman
We have observed the way our parents work today and we can say that the situation has changed.
Even if women still have the greatest burden they are more and more helped by their husbands in the family care
Progetto “Dialogare nella Differenza”
I.M.S. Erasmo da Rotterdam classe 2AL
GRANDPARENTS
GREAT-GRANDPARENTS
13%
17%
15%
8%
65%
10%
From the comparison of the charts we understand
that the change for women started at the time
of WW1. Perhaps this happened because able
young men were at war and as women were left
alone with elderly people and children they had
to do the work generally done by men, thus proving
that they were just as able as men.
Thanks to this now we have a fair division of the
tasks in the family
55%
17%
PARENTS
man
7%
13%
37%
woman
mainly
woman
43%
Progetto “Dialogare nella Differenza”
I.M.S. Erasmo da Rotterdam classe 2AL
man
mainly