PSYC 3480 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: John Stuart Mill, Gender Role, Androcentrism
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Chapter 2 gender stereotypes and other gender biases. Stereotypes: beliefs and assumptions associated with certain groups of people. Gender stereotypes: beliefs associated with males and females. Prejudice: emotional reaction or attitude toward a certain group usually -ve but can be +ve. Gender bias encompasses all 3 issues stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination. Women are generally see as the second sex, inferior, and often invisible. Before the (cid:1005)96(cid:1004)s there (cid:449)as (cid:374)egligi(cid:271)le i(cid:374)for(cid:373)atio(cid:374) i(cid:374) the (cid:449)a(cid:455) of (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374)"s histor(cid:455) especially since they were confined to home and family roles. The only male to support women is john. Stuart mill who thought they should be treated equally. Mix of negative and positive portrayals of women but all focus on the fact that they are different than men. Support of androcentrism or the normative-male problem which poses (cid:373)e(cid:374) as the sta(cid:374)dard to (cid:272)o(cid:373)pare agai(cid:374)st (cid:373)aki(cid:374)g (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) the (cid:862)se(cid:272)o(cid:374)d se(cid:454)(cid:863)
