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- Title
EFFECTS OF STEREOTYPES ABOUT FEMINISTS ON FEMINIST SELF-IDENTIFICATION.
- Authors
Roy, Robin E.; Weibust, Kristin S.; Miller, Carol T.
- Abstract
This study examined whether negative stereotypes about feminists serve as a barrier to self-identifying as a feminist. College women were exposed to positive stereotypes about feminists, negative stereotypes about feminists, or were not exposed to stereotypes about feminists (control condition) in a between-participants design. Women who read a paragraph containing positive stereotypes about feminists were twice as likely to self-identify as feminists as women in the control condition or the condition in which they read a paragraph containing negative stereotypes about feminists. Women exposed to positive feminist stereotypes had greater nontraditional gender-role attitudes and performance self-esteem compared to the no-stereotype-control condition.
- Subjects
FEMINISM; STEREOTYPES; WOMEN college students; FEMINISTS; SOCIAL movements; SELF-esteem; RESPECT for persons; SELF-confidence; SELF-perception
- Publication
Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2007, Vol 31, Issue 2, p146
- ISSN
0361-6843
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1471-6402.2007.00348.x