PSY 3121 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Gender Role, Illusory Correlation, Hegemonic Masculinity
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They establish social categories that represent what people think: current gender stereotypes, especially those about women, reflect beliefs that appeared during the 19th century (the victorian era). Industrial revolution: moving men outside the home to earn money, leaving women at home to manage households and children. Male sex role identity: men were seen as opposite of women; men were active, independent, coarse and strong. Industrialization, world exploration and civil wars associated with men, basis of masculinity: the victorian ideal of manhood was the basis for what joseph pleck referred to as the. Male sex role identity: this was a source of problems for society and for individual men, robert brannon"s four themes of the male sex role, no sissy stuff. : a stigma is attached to feminine characteristics: the big wheel. : men need success and status: the sturdy oak. Boys and men are still supposed to be stoic, aggressive, dependable, and not feminine.
