Gender Bias Flashcards
What is alpha bias?
When the differences between men and women are exaggerated
What is beta bias?
When the differences between men and women are minimised
What is a consequence of beta bias?
Androcentrism
What has alpha bias led to within theorists?
Some theorists asserting the worth and value of feminine qualities
What has alpha bias led to the healthy criticism of?
Cultural values that praise certain male qualities like aggression
What does beta bias make people see?
Men and women as the same which has led to equal treatment in legal terms
What does alpha bias focus on?
Differences between genders which leads to the implication of similarity within genders
What can alpha bias sustain?
Prejudices/stereotypes
What does beta bias draw attention away from?
The differences in power between men and women
What did kitzinger 1998 argue?
That questions about sex differences aren’t just scientific questions, they’re also political
What do feminists argue?
That although gender differences are minimal/non-existent, they are used against women to maintain male power
How are Freud’s ideas seen as gender biased?
He saw women’s role as prescribed and predetermined - ‘penis envy’ - woman are defined by the fact that they aren’t men
Why did Freud’s ideas have serious consequences?
They reinforced stereotypes of women’s moral inferiority
What are most experimental methodologies based around?
Standardised treatment - idea men and women behave in the same way
What did Nicholson state?
That women may be placed in an inequitable relationship with a researcher who is predominantly male and has the power
