Vive La Difference? Genetic Explanations for Perceived Gender Differences in Nurturance

Autor:	Toby Epstein Jayaratne, Elizabeth R. Cole, Elizabeth M. Petty, Merle Feldbaum, Laura A. Cecchi
Rok vydání:	2007
Předmět:	White (horse) Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject Stereotype Developmental psychology Gender Studies Telephone survey Developmental and Educational Psychology Trait Social hierarchy Ideology Psychology Social psychology media_common
Zdroj:	Sex Roles. 57:211-222
ISSN:	1573-2762 0360-0025
DOI:	10.1007/s11199-007-9248-7
Popis:	Investigated genetic explanations for perceived gender differences in nurturance, a gender intensified prescriptive trait, compared to other gendered traits. Based on a nationally representative telephone survey of Black and White Americans (N = 1200), we found perceived gender differences in nurturance were more often attributed to genetics than perceived gender differences math ability or violence. Men were more likely than women to use genetics to explain perceived gender differences in nurturance, but not math or violence. Finally, respondents viewed perceived gender differences as more strongly genetic than individual differences for nurturance, but not math and violence, suggesting such beliefs have ideological roots. We discuss the potential of genetic explanations to reinforce stereotypes and to justify the social hierarchy.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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