GENDER : INFLUENCE OF CULTURE AND MEDIA ON GENDER ROLES Flashcards
CROSS CULUTURAL RESEARCH IS NOTED FOR ITS VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION TO
nature nurture debate in gender
from cross cultral research if a particular gender role behaviour appears to be consiten across dff cultures what might we conclude
this behaviour reps an innate, biological difference between males and females
from cross cultural research if we find some gender role behaviours are culturally spcific what might we assume
influence of shared norms and socialisatin is descive ( the reason (As suggested by SLT))
WHAT SIDE OF NURTURE NATURE DEBATE’S CULTURALLY DIFFERENT
NURTURE
Describe the earliest cross-cultural studies of gender roles
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who what where
carried by Margaret mead
of cultural groups
in Papa New Guinea
describe the arapesh people in meads study
and what was this similar to
gentle and responsive
similar ot stereotype of femininty in industrialised societies
describe the mundugumor people in meads study
and what was this similar to
aggressive and hostile
similar to stereotype of masculinity in industrialsied societies
describe how the tchambuli women and men were in meads study
and copmare their behaviour to industrialised societies
women - dominant and organised village life
men - passive and considered to be decorative
these behaviours were the reverse of steroetypes in indsutriaslised societies
overall what does mead’s study suggest
there may not be a direct biological relationship between sex and gender
and gender roels may be culturally determined
in her later work what did mead concede
she underestimated the universal nature of many gender typical behaviours
she conceded xyz but what did she go onto argue
extent to which innate behaviours are expressed is largely the result of cultural norms
what side of natrue nurture debate does culture simlarities side with
nature
true or false there are many cross cultural similarities in gender roles
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What did david buss 1995 find
consistent patterns in mate preference (a kind of gender role behaviour) in 37 coutnries across all countries
what were the mate preferences buss found
men and women …
women - sought men who could offer wealth and resources
men - sought youjh and physical attractiveness
in potential partners
what did munrie and munroe study reveal
im most societies the division of labour is organised along gender lines
(men typically breadwinners
women often nurturers)
what do the media provide
role models with whom children may identify and want to imitate
children are more likely to selct role models who are
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same gender
engage in steroetypically gender - appropriate behaviour
(as this is more liekly tobe reinforced)
there is clear evidence the media provide what kind of gender sterotypes
clear gender stereotypes
that are quite rigid
give examples of the clear and quite rigid sterotypes the media provide that was studied by Bussey and Bandura
3 for each gender
men - independent, ambitious, advice givers
women - dependent, unambitious , advice seekers
what did a study of tv ads by furnham and Farragher (2000) find
men and women
men more liekly to be shown in autonomus roles withn professional contexts
whereas
women often seen occupying familial roles within domestic settings
overall what do the studies of media’s influence on gender show
media play a role in reinforcing widespread social sterotypes concerning gender appropriate behaviour
the media does more than confirm gender typical behavour , it also may give info to men and women in terms of
likely success, or otherwise, of adopting these behaviours
what does seeing otehr people perform gender appropriate behaviours do to a childs belief
increases the childs belief theyre capable of carrying out such behaviours in the future
