Gender Stereotypes and Attitudes Toward Women and Men
Abstract
Attitude theory is used to provide a conceptual analysis of how attitudes toward men and women relate to gender stereotypes. Consistent with this analysis, attitudes toward the sexes related positively to the evaluative meaning of the corresponding gender stereo-types. In addition, attitudes and stereotypes about women were extremely favorable - in fact, more favorable than those about men. The findings also demonstrated that the Attitudes Toward Women Scale assesses attitudes toward equal rights for women not attitudes toward women, and therefore did not relate to the evaluative meaning of subjects' stereotypes about women.
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Research on gender attitudes typically shows a preference for women over men, which conflicts with the commonly observed preference for men over women in hiring decisions.
“Research on gender attitudes typically shows a preference for women over men (Eagly & Mladinic 1989), which conflicts with the commonly observed preference for men over women in hiring decisions (e.g., Moss-Racusin et al. 2012).”
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“The stereotypes making women appear “wonderful” (Eagly & Mladinic, 1989; Glick et al., 2004) and communal have also been linked to people’s stronger inclination to perceive women as victims (Reynolds et al., 2020).”
Background
- Authors
- Eagly, A. H., & Mladinic, A.
- Affiliations
- Purdue University West Lafayette (US)
- ORCID
- Eagly, Alice H.
- Venue
- Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1989-12
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 543-558
- ISSN
- 0146-1672 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-7433
- OpenAlex
- W2098271600
- Cited by
- 785
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 24.50
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social and Intergroup Psychology
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender and Feminist Studies
- Keywords
- gender stereotypes, attitudes toward women, attitudes toward men, attitude theory, evaluative meaning, Attitudes Toward Women Scale, gender equality, sex differences in attitudes
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