Current gender stereotypes and their evaluative content

    Authors

    M. Hosoda;D. L. Stone

    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Percept. Mot. Skills

    Keywords

    ADJECTIVE CHECK LIST; SEX STEREOTYPES; PERSISTENCE; ATTITUDES; WOMEN; MEN; Psychology, Experimental

    Abstract

    A sample of 173 undergraduate students rated 300 attributes to assess current gender stereotypes, and a second independent sample (n=57) evaluated the favorability of these attributes. Statistical results indicated that the college students ascribed different attributes to men and women. Although the content of gender stereotypes seems to have remained unchanged over the years, the value attached to stereotypic gender traits seems to be changing. More specifically, a greater number of unfavorable attributes were used to describe men than women, thereby creating a more negative masculine stereotype.

    Journal Title

    Perceptual and Motor Skills

    Volume

    90

    Issue/Number

    3

    Publication Date

    1-1-2000

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    1283

    Last Page

    1294

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000088458000032

    ISSN

    0031-5125

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