Gender Stereotypes Among College Students
Introduction Over the past few years, as the concept of life-long education has received much recognition, the value of reading has also revealed. The scholars have done several researches on the public’s reading behaviors and preferences. They have found out that gender roles and what people major in school are the most influential factors of human’s reading penchants in literature; moreover, selections in reading materials alter with the passing of time.
Gender
Gender role identities play a pivotal part in people’s reading behaviors.
However, the differences between boys and girls in gender role identities could be swayed by latency period. It a stage that a child starts to repress his sexual urges and tends to make friends …show more content…
The outcome of Yan’s survey(2000) is that college students are not interested in in-class reading, but most of them still deem their in-school results are associated to their future developments. In addition, since the strain comes from schoolwork, students from Science and Engineering departments are more active in in-class reading than students from other departments do; on the other hand, only few of them are attracted in recreational reading. Furthermore, students who major in Business, Management, Art, and Design, tend to choose materials which are related to their own major owing to teacher’s encouragement. Chen’s survey(2007) indicates that students majoring in humanities read more than students in other department do, and this result is consistent with Jeffries and Atkins finding in …show more content…
Newspapers are read by most of the college students because they are easy to get, include assorted contents, and can fill up the scattered leisure time. With its qualities of acquirement and leisure, magazines are welcomed with college students. And the reading of magazines are usually taken place in libraries and book stores. Generally, students will buy magazines when the coverage are associated to their major subjects. Besides, the main temptation for college student to read comic books is just because of their
Gender
Gender role identities play a pivotal part in people’s reading behaviors.
However, the differences between boys and girls in gender role identities could be swayed by latency period. It a stage that a child starts to repress his sexual urges and tends to make friends …show more content…
The outcome of Yan’s survey(2000) is that college students are not interested in in-class reading, but most of them still deem their in-school results are associated to their future developments. In addition, since the strain comes from schoolwork, students from Science and Engineering departments are more active in in-class reading than students from other departments do; on the other hand, only few of them are attracted in recreational reading. Furthermore, students who major in Business, Management, Art, and Design, tend to choose materials which are related to their own major owing to teacher’s encouragement. Chen’s survey(2007) indicates that students majoring in humanities read more than students in other department do, and this result is consistent with Jeffries and Atkins finding in …show more content…
Newspapers are read by most of the college students because they are easy to get, include assorted contents, and can fill up the scattered leisure time. With its qualities of acquirement and leisure, magazines are welcomed with college students. And the reading of magazines are usually taken place in libraries and book stores. Generally, students will buy magazines when the coverage are associated to their major subjects. Besides, the main temptation for college student to read comic books is just because of their