Gender Misconceptions in the Community

Misconception is a term that is used when someone understands/interprets an issue wrongly. There are some roles that have been assigned to males or females because of their sex.

Some of these gender misconceptions in the community are:

i. Males are heads and bread winners of families. Provision of money for the up-keep of the family is thought as the sole role of the father.

ii. Another one is that, males need to be educated and not females. Society holds the thought that, since a female will be married in the future and taken care of by the husband, then there is no need for her to be educated.

iii. Females are seen as not having any economic responsibility.

iv. Females do not need higher formal education.

v. Females are seen to be feeble and too emotional

vi. Females are not to be part of making key decisions for the family or community.

vii. Females are the ones who should perform household chores such as cooking, washing and sweeping.