Sex Role Stereotypes
- Created by: Megan Lewsley
- Created on: 19-11-19 08:35
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- Sex Role Stereotypes
- Key Terms
- Gender
- Socially created, based on behaviours someone displays - masculine / feminine
- Sex
- Biologically determined - male / female
- Gender Ideologies
- What is considered to be masculine or feminine
- Has changed over time - e.g. men are no longer the breadwinners
- Gender Identity
- An individual's perception of their own masculinity or femininity
- Gender Role
- Masculine / feminine behaviours an individual displays
- Sex Role Stereotyping
- Treating males & females differently based on a set of expectations for that sex
- Gender
- Evidence
- Seavey et al
- Told 1 in 3 adult participants that a baby in a yellow jumpsuit was either a boy, girl or didn't specify the sex of the baby.
- Adults left to play with the baby in a room with a ball, doll & a plastic ring.
- All adults gave the baby the doll if they believed it was a girl & gave the non-stereotypical toy (ring) if they believed the baby was a boy.
- Females handled the baby more when the gender was unknown
- Suggests male & female adults react differently to babies according to what they believe the babies gender to be
- Females handled the baby more when the gender was unknown
- All adults gave the baby the doll if they believed it was a girl & gave the non-stereotypical toy (ring) if they believed the baby was a boy.
- Adults left to play with the baby in a room with a ball, doll & a plastic ring.
- Told 1 in 3 adult participants that a baby in a yellow jumpsuit was either a boy, girl or didn't specify the sex of the baby.
- Urberg
- Told children aged between 3-7 stories that stressed sex-role stereotypical characteristics, but didn't mention the gender of the child in the story
- After each story, the child had to specify whether the characteristic was male, female or neither
- Responses favoured stereotypes
- Imply children learn sex-role stereotypes & changes over time
- At around 5, children attributed favourable characteristics to their own gender & unfavourable to the opposite sex
- Imply children learn sex-role stereotypes & changes over time
- Older children saw characteristics as neither
- Responses favoured stereotypes
- After each story, the child had to specify whether the characteristic was male, female or neither
- Told children aged between 3-7 stories that stressed sex-role stereotypical characteristics, but didn't mention the gender of the child in the story
- Seavey et al
- Key Terms
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