Sex Role and Androgyny evaluation

Question 1

Role of culture within sex roles?

Answer 1

Vary by culture- suggests they are culturally transmitted

Globalisation and breakdown of cultural beliefs do however result in a movement towards a uniform sex role

Question 2

Influence of media in sex type stereotypes?

Answer 2

Been harshly criticised for stereotyping sex roles, in particularly presenting women in a negative way
Some say recently portrayals have improved
Some say still harmful

Question 3

What is the impact of categorising behaviour into male and female?

Answer 3

It can limit a person’s role in society- prevents positive contribution - in UK only 3% of nursery teachers were male, only one woman has ever won the Nobel Peace prize for Science

Question 4

Evaluating BSRI?

Answer 4

Has good test-retest reliability- produces consistent results when used on different occasions with the same participants
Does lack external validity as it was created on the data produced by 1970 American Students-may not apply to other cultures

Question 5

What is their too much focus on when looking at androgyny??

Answer 5

The positive qualities of androgyny as overpowering male characteristics can lead to someone being too aggressive and overpowering female characteristics can lead to someone being too timid in situations

Question 6

What does androgyny fail to explain?

Answer 6

Why some people are androgynous and others are not

Question 7

Gender bias?

Answer 7

Still the ides that masculine qualities are superior even within androgynous individuals

Question 8

Why is the BSRI reductionist?

Answer 8

Reduces masculinity and femininity down to a single score

Question 9

How is the BSRI outdated?

Answer 9

New measures now look at a person’s interests and abilities rather than just personality type