Discussion
After getting hurt during a play activity, Rohan started crying. Seeing this, his father responded, "Don't behave like girls, boys don't cry". This statement by the father
Answer: A
The father's remark reflects gender stereotype.
A gender stereotype is a fixed, oversimplified belief about how boys or girls are supposed to behave. 'Boys don't cry' assumes that showing pain or sadness is a girls' trait and that a boy who cries is behaving wrongly. Said to a child, it teaches him to hide feelings because of his gender.
The other options say the opposite of what happens. The remark does not challenge the stereotype, it repeats it; it does not reduce gender bias, it strengthens it; and it cannot promote gender equality, because it treats the same feeling differently in boys and girls.
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