Mapping gender stereotypes: a network analysis approach.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Stereotypes have traditionally been considered as "mental pictures" of a particular social group. The current research aims to draw the structure of gender stereotypes and metastereotype schemes as complex systems of stereotypical features. Therefore, we analyze gender stereotypes as networks of interconnected characteristics.

Method

Through an online survey (N = 750), participants listed the common female and male features to build the structure of the gender stereotypes. Participants also listed the common features of how members of one gender think they are viewed by people of the other gender to build the structure of gender metastereotypes.

Results

Our results suggest that female stereotypes are characterized by a single community of features

SUBMITTER: Sanchez-Rodriguez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10393260 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature