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Gender Nonconformity and the Stereotype Content Model

Rosenblum, Ari M
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1528377926660424

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2018, BA, Oberlin College, Psychology.
A recent increase in transgender visibility has highlighted gaps in the social psychology literature about attitudes and biases. There is a relatively large body of literature that examines people’s reactions to gender role violation, but little that examines reactions to gendered trait violation. To assess negative attitudes towards transgender and gender nonconforming people, this experiment asked participants to make attitude judgements (warmth and competence) about a series of gender stereotypic and counterstereotypic face-voice pairs. This procedure was based on the paradigm used to construct the Stereotype Content Model, which categorizes stereotypes/prejudice into four categories (paternalistic, contemptuous, envious, admirable). Participants also rated stimuli on gender using both a continuous (very masculine to very feminine) and categorical (male or female) scale. Overall, counterstereotypic face-voice combinations were rated less warm, but not necessarily less competent than stereotypic face-voice combinations. When plotted in the stereotype content model framework, stimuli that paralleled the gender cues of transfeminine people and non-male-passing transmasculine people were subject to contemptuous and envious prejudice respectively. This kind of prejudice is reflected in the discrimination that transgender people face, including their exclusion from employment and social welfare, as well as their position as a scapegoat for gender-based violence and other socio-political issues.
Cynthia McPherson Frantz (Advisor)
84 p.
Psychology; Social Psychology; Social Research
transgender; gender nonconformity; stereotype content model; prejudice; social psychology; cognitive psychology; stereotypes

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  • Rosenblum, A. M. (2018). Gender Nonconformity and the Stereotype Content Model [Undergraduate thesis, Oberlin College]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1528377926660424

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Rosenblum, Ari. Gender Nonconformity and the Stereotype Content Model. 2018. Oberlin College, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1528377926660424.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Rosenblum, Ari. "Gender Nonconformity and the Stereotype Content Model." Undergraduate thesis, Oberlin College, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=oberlin1528377926660424

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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