Sexism

Sexism

Gender bias 

Alpha bias: assumes that differences between males & females are exaggerated

• Freud’s psychoanalysis: criticised alpha bias, view women as inferior, failure of developing masculinity
• Penis envy, accused social prejudice for “genital inferiority”, ignored exaggerated differences men & women
• Hoffman (1975) Freud’s theory unfalsifiable, girls & boys no different on temptation
• Scientifically: girls morally developed than boys, Psychology over exaggerates differences

Beta bias: poses issue in…