| Summary: | The present article aims to investigate the influence of gender and territorial distribution on the
susceptibility to stereotypical advertising, looking for some causal relationships between the criteria
measuring stereotypical images. The methodology involves the application of three criteria for
stereotypical advertising present in the theoretical and empirical studies of Eisend (2019), as well as
Akestam, Rosengren, Dahlen, Liljedal and Berg (2021) - trait descriptors, physical characteristics and
role behavior. The results of univariate analyzes of variance (ANOVA) show a stronger influence
among men compared to women according to the physical characteristics with images of men and
women, as well as according to the trait descriptors of men. Female users give more positive
advertising responses to role behavior of men, as well as to trait descriptors of women. When
measuring the territorial distribution of consumers, divided into two groups: Europe/North America
and Turkey/Cyprus show that susceptibility to role behavior in advertising is higher for consumers
from Europe and North America, and susceptibility to trait descriptors is higher for consumers from
Turkey/Cyprus. Future studies, which should offer a comprehensive theoretical framework, need to
focus on some national and cultural characteristics of consumers in stereotype influence, which were
not thoroughly studied due to a number of limitations.
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