PSYC 3480 Chapter 2: Psych of Women - Chapter 2
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Men can combine work and fatherhood/marriage women take on more responsibilities on the home front (or are expected to), makes it more difficult to combine work and family life. Perhaps it"s because a businesswoman is considered to have more agentic, less communal and family oriented traits assume they aren"t married or mothers. A woman who works long hours and doesn"t spend a lot of time at home. = workaholic, villainized; a man who does the same can still be considered a good father. Perhaps a businesswoman is considered dominant doesn"t work in a relationship, men threatened by an independent, self-sufficient woman (?) The target"s characteristics and gender stereotypes: variables that influence stereotypes, the isms. Ableism: stereotypes vary depending on a woman"s characteristics, age. Presence of stereotypes (mostly negative) that many people hold about older people. Such negative stereotypes are part of a concept called ageism a bias against older people.
