Patriarchy ideology dimensions of gender inequalities in stereotypes and social scripts

Stereotypes and social scripts have an influence on how we regard people in the society and the expectations we have on their behaviors. When stereotypes and social scripts are expressed under the foundation of patriarchy ideology, they do manifest social inequalities through which the males are made powerful and females are their subordinates. Looking at some stereotypes that have been widely known in relation to women among the Gogo, some inequalities are depicted in them. Generally women are considered to perform well in the home and not otherwise, making them carrying heavy workload as servants of their husbands. Ideas that women should get married in their lifetime do not only signify the importance of marriage in life of a human being but also depict that women can only reach their excellence through marriage. Much as women are expected to move to their husbands’ home as wives, they should consider men as their saviors in their efforts to win that distinction as married women. Moreover, women personal capabilities in struggling to combat life are ignored out of a stereotype that consider women economic sound only when with men. Women submissiveness is considered basic in stereotype so as to make them obedient to men; while ideas that women are poor in decision making do aim at making women feel that they cannot decide well without consulting their husbands. On the other hand cultural scripts among the Gogo people at jeopardizing the woman while empowering a man. Such cultural scripts demand a woman to be a hard worker but do not expect her to own some family property. This situation is further safeguarded by ideas that a woman has to tolerate family problems which are embedded in demand of great respect to men by women. Generally stereotypes and cultural scripts may sometimes not express realities but just favoring the interests of certain group of people who want to justify their means and doings. Patriarchy ideology is therefore reflected in Gogo people stereotypes and cultural scripts so as to propagate it through socialization and peoples’ ways of thinking.