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The World According to Men: It Is Hierarchical and Stereotypical

Mast, Marianne

In: Sex Roles, 2005, vol. 53, no. 11-12, p. 919-924

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    Title
    • The World According to Men: It Is Hierarchical and Stereotypical
    Author
    • Mast, Marianne. Department of Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts
    Document Type
    • Postprint
    Language
    • English
    Published in
    • Sex Roles, 2005, vol. 53, no. 11-12, p. 919-924. Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers
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    OAI-PMH Identifier
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:315545
    Summary
    The present research was designed to test whether people who expect social relationships to be structured like pecking orders (interpersonal hierarchy expectation, IHE) are also prone to stereotyping and whether this relation is moderated by gender. In two studies, a total of 203 participants completed a self-report questionnaire on IHE (Interpersonal Hierarchy Expectation Scale, IHES) and either a questionnaire that measures a general tendency to stereotype (Acceptance of Stereotyping Questionnaire, ASQ, Study 1) or a projective measure that assesses the specific gender stereotype that low dominance positions are occupied by women and high dominance positions by men (Study 2). Results showed that both stereotyping measures were related to IHE, but only for men. Moreover, trait dominance did not mediate the relation between IHE and stereotyping