PSY323H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Gender Role, Stereotype, Masculinity
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Many of sex stereotypes based on the notion of opposites: an implication of which, Chapter 1 - masculinity and femininity: myths and stereotypes. Another implication of sex stereotypes is the means by which people go to avoid violating them, keeping separate from each other in a variety of contexts. Sex stereotypes are culturally shared beliefs about what men and women are like and how they do and should behave. Stereotypes are linked to social context and therefore vary and are dynamic: suggested that people adjust their stereotypes of men and women by taking into consideration the roles they occupy. characteristics are changing. characteristics over the years. Dynamic component to stereotypes: the perception of whether and how. Respondents perceived women and men as becoming more and more similar in. Sex: a person"s biological male or femaleness. Gender: the non-physiological aspects of being female or male.
