PSYC 362 Lecture 3: Chapter 3 - Gender Role Attitudes

• School: George Mason University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 362
• Professor: Amber Shriver

Document Summary

Sex-role (gender-role) stereotypes: people"s beliefs about gender. Sex discrimination: people"s behavior toward others based on gender. Gender ideologies: attitudes towards men"s and women"s roles. Traditional gender ideology: men should go to work and women should stay home. Men have significantly more power in the relationship. Egalitarian gender ideology: men and women should share and interact in the same spheres equally. Men and women have equal power in the relationship. Sexism: one"s attitude or feeling towards people based on sex alone. Traditional sexism: includes endorsement of traditional roles for women and the differential treatment of women and the belief that women are less competent than men. Women are not a valued part of society. Modern sexism: the denial of any existing discrimination towards women; an antagonism towards women"s demands for equal rights and a resentment of any preferential treatment of women. Hostile sexism: feelings of hostility towards women and a negative attitude towards women who challenge the traditional female role.