Gender Stereotyping of Occupations as a Function of Perceivers' Sex, Age, and Familiarity with the Occupation

Abstrakt

Public perceptions of particular occupations as "masculine" or "feminine" are of interest as "equal employment opportunity" legislation has led to increased sexual integration of many occupations which were previously held predominantly by either men or women.

Opis

Paper presented at the meeting of the Indiana Academy of Science Bloomington, Indiana, November 1985.

Słowa kluczowe

gender, stereotyping, gender stereotyping, masculinity-femininity spectrum, occupations

Cytowanie

Widlak, Frederick W., Scofield, Patricia A., Gender Stereotyping of Occupations as a Function of Perceivers' Sex, Age, and Familiarity with the Occupation. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science. 1985, vol. 95, s. 454