Effects of Stereotypes About Feminists on Feminist Self-Identification

Roy, Robin E.; Weibust, Kristin S.; Miller, Carol T.

doi:10.1111/j.1471-6402.2007.00348.x

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“…Este hallazgo va acorde con los resultados encontrados por estudios previos en los que los estereotipos negativos sobre el feminismo y las personas feministas se asociaba a una posición reacia en su contra, o bien, en contra de considerarse a sí mismas como personas feministas o con escaso compromiso con este movimiento por parte de las propias mujeres (Hernández, 2011;Rúdólfsdóttir y Jolliffe, 2008;Roy et al, 2007;Ferrer y Bosch, 1998;Swirsky y Angelone, 2014). A estas mismas conclusiones llega Lorente (2009a) cuando explica que una de las razones de las actitudes negativas hacia el feminismo podría estar en los mitos fundamentales del papel que tiene este movimiento en la sociedad, tales como ser una medida exagerada de exigencia de recursos que benefician sólo a las mujeres o bien, como una intromisión en los roles tradicionales en las relaciones entre hombres y mujeres.…”

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“…Roy et al (2007) encontraron que la asociación del feminismo a estereotipos negativos correlacionaba positivamente con una posición reacia de las personas participantes a considerarse a sí mismas como feministas. Y es que la dificultad de la autodefinición como feministas queda reflejada en numerosos trabajos, que en su mayoría han tenido muestras compuestas por mujeres (Aronson, 2003;Liss, O'Connor, Morosky, y Crawford, 2001;Percy y Kremer, 1995;Zucker, 2004).…”

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Conocimiento y actitudes hacia el feminismo = Knowledge and attitudes toward feminism

Jiménez

Carrillo

Sánchez

2016

FEMERIS: Revista Multidisciplinar De Estudios De Género

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Resumen. A menudo el feminismo es definido en función de una imagen desfigurada del mismo, reforzada por mitos y estereotipos acompañados de sentimientos de rechazo de las personas a autodefinirse como feministas. La ruptura de este falso conocimiento y la formación de actitudes positivas hacia él contribuyen a la lucha contra el sistema patriarcal, lo que significaría un avance importante a nivel social. Este trabajo ha estudiado cómo la variable conocimiento sobre feminismo y la variable actitudes hacia el feminismo podrían ser predichas en función del sexo, el nivel de estudios, el sexismo y la edad. Para ello se elaboró un instrumento ad hoc que medía el conocimiento y las actitudes hacia el feminismo y se empleó una escala de sexismo. Los resultados mostraron que a medida que el conocimiento aumenta, la actitud hacia el feminismo es más positiva. Asimismo, la variable que predice significativamente la actitud hacia el feminismo, aunque no el conocimiento, es el nivel de estudios, comparando los estudios primarios con estudios no obligatorios universitarios o no universitarios. Estos resultados permiten destacar la importancia de una educación de base rica en contenidos actitudinales y de valores igualitarios donde se contrarresten las connotaciones negativas que continúan asociándose con los pensamientos feministas.Palabras clave: actitudes, conocimiento, feminismos, nivel educativo, sexismo.Abstract. Feminism is often defined in terms of a distorted image that is emphasized by myths and stereotypes which are accompanied by feelings of rejection from people to define themselves as feminists. The breakdown of this false knowledge and the formation of positive attitudes will contribute to the fight against the patriarchal system, and it would mean an important progress in our society. This work has studied how gender, educational level, sexism and age predict or not the knowledge about feminism and attitudes toward it. We used an ad hoc instrument about knowledge and attitudes toward feminism and a scale about sexism. Findings have shown that the more increase in knowledge, the more positive were the attitudes toward feminism. Furthermore, educational level was the only factor that predicted attitudes toward feminism, although not knowledge, comparing the lowest educational level with the others not compulsory educational levels. This highlights the importance of a primary education with egalitarian values and with a true image about feminism thoughts.

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Conocimiento y actitudes hacia el feminismo = Knowledge and attitudes toward feminism

Jiménez

Carrillo

Sánchez

2016

FEMERIS: Revista Multidisciplinar De Estudios De Género

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“…In addition to being perceived as too aggressive, some people attribute the demise of the traditional American family to feminism and the women's liberation movement (Burn et al 2000;Williams and Wittig 1997;Twenge and Zucker 1999;Roy et al 2007). As a result, voters may approve and agree with a progressive gender agenda privately, but may be too ashamed to support such issues in fear that they will be associated with feminism and these negative attributes.…”

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I’m Not Voting for Her: Polling Discrepancies and Female Candidates

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Kline

2010

Polit Behav

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Although there is a large literature on the predictive accuracy of preelection polls, there is virtually no systematic research examining the role that a candidate's gender plays in polling accuracy. This is a surprising omission given the precipitous growth of female candidates in recent years. Looking at Senate and Gubernatorial candidates from 1989 to 2008 (more than 200 elections in over 40 states), we analyze the accuracy of pre-election polls for almost the complete universe of female candidates and a matched sample of white male cases. We demonstrate that pre-election polls consistently underestimate support for female candidates when compared to white male candidates. Furthermore, our results indicate that this phenomenon-which we dub the Richards Effect, after Ann Richards of Texas-is more common in states which exhibit traits associated with culturally conservative views of gender issues.

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“…Some research attributes nonlabelers' disavowal of feminist identification to the stigmatization of feminists (e.g., Leaper & Arias, 2011;Liss, O'Connor, Morosky, & Crawford, 2001;Quinn & Radtke, 2006;Ramsey et al, 2007;Roy, Weibust, & Miller, 2007) or to having had minimal exposure to normalized or positive portrayals of feminists and feminism (Leaper & Arias, 2011;Moradi, Martin, & Brewster, 2012;Zucker, 2004). In support of this view, research consistently demonstrates that nonlabelers' feminist consciousness is similar to feminists' or falls right in between that of their nonfeminist and feminist peers (e.g., Aronson, 2003;Buschman & Lenart, 1996;Smith, 1999, Zucker, 2004.…”

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Not All Nonlabelers Are Created Equal

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Bay‐Cheng

2012

Psychology of Women Quarterly

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Past research regarding feminist identity has revealed that a significant number of women endorse feminist attitudes yet reject a feminist identity. In the current study, we sought to examine whether these nonlabeling women fall into two distinct groups: (a) one that falls on the same ideological continuum of their feminist peers and (b) the other that represents an attitudinally unique group of women characterized by their neoliberal beliefs that prioritize individual merit as the sole determinant of success. Two samples of undergraduate women self-reported their feminist identity and political and sexist attitudes. In our first sample (N ¼ 231), we used k-means cluster analysis to identify two types of nonlabelers: quasi-feminists and neoliberals. Results revealed that, despite both groups' shared belief in gender equality, quasi-feminists reported relatively lower levels of meritocratic, just world, and modern sexist beliefs, all of which were similar to those of their feminist-identified peers, whereas neoliberals indicated stronger meritocratic, just world, and modern sexist beliefs. In our second sample (N ¼ 351), we replicated findings from our first sample and subsequently validated these groupings. Specifically, multivariate analysis of variance results demonstrated that, separate from the differences found in relation to the measures used for cluster analysis, quasi-feminists scored lower than neoliberals on measures of ambivalent sexism, social dominance, and equal opportunity beliefs. Women's individual and collective welfare often hinges on their endorsement of neoliberal and feminist beliefs, especially in the face of unfair treatment. We suggest that activists and policy makers tailor strategies for engaging nonlabelers in the movement toward gender equality to the subtype of nonlabeler in question.

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Effects of Stereotypes About Feminists on Feminist Self-Identification

Cited by 72 publications

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Conocimiento y actitudes hacia el feminismo = Knowledge and attitudes toward feminism

Conocimiento y actitudes hacia el feminismo = Knowledge and attitudes toward feminism

I’m Not Voting for Her: Polling Discrepancies and Female Candidates

Not All Nonlabelers Are Created Equal

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