TOWARDS THE DEVELOPMENT AND VALIDATION OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH-

GENDER IN THE 21ST CENTURY- FIGHTING AGAINST STEREOTYPES

A Feasibility Report
Presented to the Faculty of the English Department
Xavier University Senior High School
Corrales, Cagayan de Oro City

In Final Fulfillment of the Requirements for

English for Academic and Professional Purposes

Prepared by:

GOMEZ, REINHARDT ANGELO

GUARIN, MIGUEL AUGUSTO
LIBUNAO, SEEIAH KRISTINA ISHTAR
MEJORADA, CARYLLE MARIE
UY, SUSAN

12-ARRUPE B

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

MS. SUMMER DAFFODIL PAGUIA

INTRODUCTION

Gender stereotypes have existed since the beginning of time. At present, this issue has

evolved rapidly towards the 21st century wherein people are fighting against. However,

gender stereotypes continue to exist, suppressing an individual’s rightful act to express their

own unique gender identity as they are faced with legal, institutional, and cultural challenges.

Young adults, specifically students, are part of the community affected by gender stereotypes.

Because of such, they are part of the major groups in society addressing the issue. Through

accessing their insights to the given topic, this provides further envisions on the voices of the

youth as part of society addressing the concerns of the harsh reality of gender stereotyping

in the 21st Century.

To determine the challenges encountered in fighting against gender stereotypes in the 21st

century. Thus, students from HUMSS strand in Xavier University Senior Highschool- Ateneo

de Cagayan, will be the main respondents of the project. Researchers will secure a permission

to conduct the study from the chosen university. Utilizing appropriate data collection

instruments and schemes to investigate the issue.

We conclude that students from HUMSS strand in Xavier University Senior Highschool-

Ateneo de Cagayan, are the fit respondents for the assessment of the initiative.

OVERVIEW

Men and women are characterized based on the traditional gender role as to which are

subjected to the conformity to the gender identity of the majority. The project aims to identify

the challenges encountered by the general scope fighting against gender stereotypes in the
21st century. It includes the context of how the topic has and will continue to benefit the

world today. Accessing the issue through asking the following questions: (1) what are the

challenges encountered against fighting these gender stereotypes in the 21st century? (2)

How are people responding to it? and (3) How do the respondents perceive the challenges

faced in fighting against these gender stereotypes?

Additionally, the HUMSS-12 community of the Xavier University Senior High School- Ateneo

de Cagayan, will be the participants as it is aimed to ask them about their insights on the issue

as this also envisions to the youth as they are young and are the future of the next generation

to be handling and addressing the concerns of the harsh reality of gender stereotyping in our

era of the 21st Century. Questionnaires with the guided response format to be able to suffice

what the researchers look for from the participants, asking to recall a set of categories.

The researchers secures permission to conduct the study from the University President,

Senior High School Principal for Academics and HUMSS Strand head of Xavier University —

Ateneo de Cagayan Senior High School, the researchers will go to the school to conduct their

study with the survey questionnaires to the Grade 12 students of the HUMSS strand. The data

will be analyzed from the questionnaires answered by the respondents. The researchers will

evaluate and interpret the responses, then put the answers of the respondents in a grid table.

Conclusions will be drawn out by the researchers.

CRITERIA

As the researchers who are aiming to make the feasible report a success, setting the criteria

is a need to be able to monitor its effectiveness. In this report the possible factors that may
contribute to the issue of gender stereotyping in the 21st Century are being determined in

order to set this criteria that will be further discussed in the evaluation. To be able to define

the certain factors that may affect the duration and outcome of the project itself.

These are the following criteria: Addressing the Operational Feasibility in the gender

stereotyping

1. What are the possible factors that may result affecting gender stereotyping among a

group of people or an individual?

2. How can gender stereotyping affect a group of people or an individual in the 21st

Century?

3. What gender is usually heavily stereotyped and highlighted against in the 21st

Century?

4. What are the common misconceptions contributing to the stereotyping of genders in

the 21st Century?

5. What is the common assumption of the gender roles of the 21st Century?

6. What are usually the stereotypes or expectations placed on the person’s gender role

in the 21st Century?

7. Is gender stereotyping developed or practiced in the society through the certain legal,

institutional, and cultural challenges laid by the community?

8. Does having not fulfill the stereotyped or expected gender role from an individual

affect their social standing or image?

9. Are the respondents willing to help or contribute for the better change in fighting

gender stereotyping?
 10. Will the respondents answer the questionnaire honestly and be true to their own

answers and opinions?

11. Will society and countless communities truly benefit from the approach itself?

12. How will the environment and communities change after being affected in the 21st

Century?

13. Does it strengthen gender equality and women’s rights in the context of the 21st

Century?

The process of identifying the main issue to be able to decipher other options or alternatives

to let the researchers to be able to set the economical and operational feasibility of the paper

itself. Considering the relevance of the topic is important because it is what defines the study,

Stating the economic issue and budgeting to make the project possible and effective.

These are the following criteria:

1. Is the project possible, given the resource constraint?

2. Do we benefit more? over the cost.

3. Will the budget for the research instrument be able enough to cater the entire population

of the research respondents?

EVALUATION

The initiative addresses the issue of gender stereotype in the 21st century through conducting

an academic research- wherein assessment of the awareness and insights of XUSHS Grade 12

HUMSS students will be utilized as source of data. The initiative’s objective is to identify the

challenges encountered by the general scope as to classify common misconceptions and

assumptions regarding gender roles.

Although the course study pursues to address gender stereotyping, it does not directly

implement an intervention or project to eliminate the gender stereotypes. The choice of

respondent also, does not precisely have insight to the issue, considering that the majority of

grade-12 students are young adults. In which, as stated by Chanturia, et al. (2016), most

research on implicit gender stereotyping is conducted with one age group – young adults, and

participants also often responded significantly more quickly to targets that matched their own

gender. In addition, participants can answer questionnaires subjectively basing on their

personal principles, and preferences.

What the initiative failed to address is the current situation of the ongoing pandemic—Covid-

19, in which data gathering procedure must be conducted virtually. There will be difficulty in

conducting the course action, as an alternative the initiative must provide an accessible and

convenient approach in gathering data, in which instead of personal handing out of survey

questionnaires online questionnaires such as using of means like google forms should be

utilized for consideration of the current situation.

Incontinently, the course of action is only necessary as to present the stand and knowledge

of the XUSHS grade 12 HUMSS students regarding gender stereotyping, which is a step

forward in addressing the issue as to draw out better initiatives as to effectively analyze the

issue.

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

The project enhances on the respondent’s insights to address the issue of gender stereotypes

in the 21st century. Students from HUMSS strand in Xavier University Senior Highschool-
Ateneo de Cagayan, are the fit respondents for the assessment of the project. Thus, students

are well-aware and are part of the society that are actively participating in fighting against

gender stereotypes, through them the issue can be further analyzed, and initiatives must then

provide practical solutions. Furthermore, the initiative can serve as related literature and

studies that can provide data for similar interventions, essential in addressing discrimination,

and abuse faced by the gender community which all leads to violations of a wide array of

human rights. Additionally, everyone is deserving of personal develop in their full potential

and live in freedom and dignity. Gender norms that is imposed by social values can lead to

harm. Collaboration with parents, may be done as change always starts in our homes as

respect is a practice that can establish gender equality individuals in order for us to grow in a

safe environment wherein individuals are respected regardless of their gender identity.

REFERENCES

Chanturia, A., Warren, P., Pesciarelli, F., Cacciarri, C., (2015). Gender stereotypes across the

ages: On-line processing in school-age children, young and older adults.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01388/full