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Harvard Analytical Framework. The Harvard Analytical Framework, also called the Gender Roles Framework, is one of the earliest frameworks for understanding differences between men and women in their participation in the economy. Framework-based gender analysis has great importance in helping policy makers understand the economic case for ...
The Bem Sex-Role Inventory ( BSRI) is a measure of masculinity and femininity, and is used to research gender roles. [1] It assesses how people identify themselves psychologically. Sandra Bem 's goal of the BSRI was to examine psychological androgyny and provide empirical evidence to show the advantage of a shared masculine and feminine ...
Role congruity theory proposes that a group will be positively evaluated when its characteristics are recognized as aligning with that group's typical social roles (Eagly & Diekman, 2005). [1] Conversely, the stereotype fit hypothesis suggests that group members will experience discrimination in different social roles or positions to the extent ...
Gender role. A gender role, or sex role, is a set of socially accepted behaviors and attitudes deemed appropriate or desirable for individuals based on their sex. Gender roles are usually centered on conceptions of masculinity and femininity, although there are exceptions and variations . The specifics regarding these gendered expectations may ...
Implicit stereotype. An implicit bias or implicit stereotype is the pre-reflective attribution of particular qualities by an individual to a member of some social out group. [1] Recent studies have determined that "implicit bias" towards those of the opposite gender may be even more influential than racial implicit bias.
Implicit-association test. The implicit-association test ( IAT) is an assessment intended to detect subconscious associations between mental representations of objects ( concepts) in memory. [1] Its best-known application is the assessment of implicit stereotypes held by test subjects, such as associations between particular racial categories ...
Ambivalent sexism is a theoretical framework which posits that sexism has two sub-components: "hostile sexism" (HS) [1] and "benevolent sexism" (BS). [1] Hostile sexism reflects overtly negative evaluations and stereotypes about a gender (e.g., the ideas that women are incompetent and inferior to men). Benevolent sexism represents evaluations ...
Gender identity. Gender identity is the personal sense of one's own gender. [1] Gender identity can correlate with a person's assigned sex or can differ from it. In most individuals, the various biological determinants of sex are congruent, and consistent with the individual's gender identity. [2] Gender expression typically reflects a person's ...