Society has forced condescending messages onto girls for generations, with devastating consequences on their self-image and confidence. For generations brands have marketed toys to girls teaching them to be softer, more submissive and more domestic than their male peers: what every woman is “supposed” to be.

Stereotypes define the ways many students interact, especially gender stereotypes as you will see in this special report. Gender stereotypes affect everything from how both genders view the other to how...