Children's perceptions of gender discrimination |
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Authors: | Spears Brown Christia Bigler Rebecca S |
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Affiliation: | Department of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA. cbrown@psych.ucla.edu |
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Abstract: | Children (N = 76; ages 5-10 years) participated in a study designed to examine perceptions of gender discrimination. Children were read scenarios in which a teacher determined outcomes for 2 students (1 boy and 1 girl). Contextual information (i.e., teacher's past behavior), the gender of the target of discrimination (i.e., student), and the gender of the perpetrator (i.e., teacher) were manipulated. Results indicated that older children were more likely than younger children to make attributions to discrimination when contextual information suggested that it was likely. Girls (but not boys) were more likely to view girls than boys as victims of discrimination, and children with egalitarian gender attitudes were more likely to perceive discrimination than were their peers. |
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