In contemporary Kazakhstan, the issue of gender equality is gaining particular relevance. Despite the legal establishment of women's rights in the country, they face challenges that underscore the need for a broader recognition of gender equality as a societal norm. Research in Kazakhstan's socio-humanitarian science often confines itself to acknowledging gender imbalance, with insufficient attention given to analyzing its causes.

The research aims to study gender issues and the status of women from a historical perspective, identifying factors influencing the formation of gender stereotypes in modern Kazakhstani society. Drawing on historiographical analyses of works spanning different periods in the history of Kazakhstan, the authors task themselves with analyzing the position of women in society. Historical comparative analysis allows the authors to reconstruct the situation of women retrospectively and describe the process of shaping stereotypes about gender imbalance in traditional Kazakh society.

The study reveals several significant conclusions. Firstly, despite women playing a crucial role in the pre-revolutionary period and being protected by steppe laws and traditions, gender division of labor, restrictions on rights, and the low social status of women contributed to erroneous stereotypes about gender inequality. Secondly, these misconceptions became a driving force for combating gender inequality in subsequent periods. Thanks to the successful policies of the Soviet government, women were represented in almost all spheres of state activity. However, with Kazakhstan gaining independence in the 1990s, women were marginalized in many areas, a phenomenon the authors attribute to false gender role stereotypes documented in written sources from the 18th to 19th centuries.