PSY 267 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Subtyping

• School: University of Rochester
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 267
• Professor: Estrada

Document Summary

Old-fashioned: sees the sexes as being fundamentally different from each other and these differences are prescriptive, e. g. men are from mars, women are from venus, includes: Belief that women are less competent" in rational fields. Resentment of special favors" like affirmative action. Neosexism: individual feelings conflict between egalitarian values and negative feelings about women, belief that society would be better off with men in charge and that maintaining the status quo would be best for everyone, e. g. It is difficult to work for a female boss". Ambivalent sexism: strongly pulled in both directions toward egalitarian values and strict gender roles, different types of women are evaluated differently, types: Based on patriarchy, gender differentiation and sexual reproduction to justify the superiority of the dominant group. Based on men"s ideas that women are precious flowers who need to be protected. Holds that there should be gender differentiation. Serves as an excuse to keep men and women separate.