Utilité sociale des représentations intergroupes de sexe. Domination masculine, contexte professionnel et discrimination positive
Abstract
In three experiments, participants read descriptions of a man and a woman, which were presented in different contexts (home vs work context ; male vs female professional dominant position ; professional promotion of the woman due to her competence vs. to an affirmative action policy). They then attributed to each of the two people behaviors and personality traits that were differentiated according to gender stereotypes. The results showed that participants accentuated stereotypical attributions in the work context, and that a high-status position led to masculine attributions to the person holding the position, whether that person was a man or a woman. However, attribution of masculinity to the woman was reduced when the reason for her promotion to the high-status position was based on an affirmative action policy.
Keywords
- Intergroupes représentations
- Stereotype
- Gender
- Hierarchy
- Affirmative action
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Authors:
Fabio Lorenzi-Cioldi, Pascal Moliner, Élise Vinet
Publisher:
Presses universitaires de Liège, Les Cahiers Internationaux de Psychologie Sociale, 2009/3 (Numéro 83), pp. 25-44
Languages:
French
City:
Liège
Year:
2009
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Research labels:
Representations – figurations
Stereotypes – prejudices
Subjects:
Social psychology
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