Undergraduates Regard Deviation from Occupational Gender Stereotypes as Costly for Women.

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Title: Undergraduates Regard Deviation from Occupational Gender Stereotypes as Costly for Women.
Language: English
Authors: Yoder, Janice D., Schleicher, Thomas L.
Source: Sex Roles: A Journal of Research. Feb 1996 34(3-4):171-188.
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 18
Publication Date: 1996
Document Type: Reports - Research
Journal Articles
Descriptors: Higher Education, Nontraditional Occupations, Psychological Characteristics, Sex Differences, Sex Role, Sex Stereotypes, Student Attitudes, Success, Undergraduate Students
ISSN: 0360-0025
Abstract: Student attitudes toward men and women successful in occupations traditionally associated with the other gender were studied through ratings of a hypothetical stimulus person. Results with 230 undergraduates found that they expected deviation from occupational gender types to be personally costly for women but not for men. (SLD)
Journal Code: CIJDEC1996
Entry Date: 1996
Accession Number: EJ528841
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:Student attitudes toward men and women successful in occupations traditionally associated with the other gender were studied through ratings of a hypothetical stimulus person. Results with 230 undergraduates found that they expected deviation from occupational gender types to be personally costly for women but not for men. (SLD)
ISSN:0360-0025