Gender and culture bias

Question 1

Hare-Mustin and Marecek

Answer 1

• gender
• arguing for equality for men and women draws attention away from the current power imbalance between men and women
• may inadvertently lead to even greater imbalances

Question 2

Berry

Answer 2

• culture
• replicated Asch’s study to see whether conformity rates in the US were repeated among the Temne people of Sierra Leone or the Inuit of Canada
• Temne had high rates of conformity
• Inuit had low rates of conformity
• difference put down to alternative styles of living (agricultural vs hunting)