Revisiting university student gender role perceptions |
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Authors: | Sue Street Ellen B Kimmel Jeffery D Kromrey |
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Institution: | (1) Sue Street, Department of Psychological and Social Foundations, College of Education, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Avenue, FAO 100u, 33620-7750 Tampa, Florida, USA |
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Abstract: | Gender role perceptions of five objects—Ideal Woman, Ideal Man, Most Women, Most Men and Self—were elicited from 3300 university students, 81% of whom were Caucasian, with 7% Hispanic, 6% African-American, and 4% Asian. Profiles of student responses for the five objects provided a comprehensive updating of 1970s research on student gender roles. Women (N= 1842) and men (N= 1148) students generally preferred an androgynous Ideal Woman. Women also preferred an androgynous Ideal Man, but men preferred a masculine sex-typed Ideal Man. Women and men's perceptions of Most Women and Men continued to be sex-typed. Men's self perceptions were androgynous, while women saw themselves as feminine sex-typed. Findings suggest that little change in students' gender role perceptions has occurred in the past 15 years. |
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