Gender, Sex Role Orientation, and Attitudes toward Animals

Herzog, Harold; Betchart, Nancy S.; Pittman, Robert B.

doi:10.2752/089279391787057170

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“…The gender is the primary reason to show a definite trend in most of the studies aiming to determine an a�itude towards the animal rights and AUR, and females represent a more zoo-centric trend than males in these ma�ers (Gallup and Beckstead, 1988;Herzog et al, 1991;Driscoll, 1992;Broida et al, 1993;Furnham and Heyes, 1993;Eldridge and Gluck, 1996;Pifer, 1996;Ozen et al, 2004). The results of this study also proved that the female participants were closer to the zoo-centric line than males in both the groups of the educators and the students.…”

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A survey of attitudes of Turkish veterinary students and educators about animal use in research

Yerlikaya¹,

Özen²,

Yaşar³

et al. 2004

Vet. Med. - Czech

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ABSTRACT:In this study, veterinary students and veterinary educators from Firat Veterinary School, Istanbul Veterinary School and Selcuk Veterinary School were surveyed to evaluate their a�itudes to animal use in research. Data were collected from 330 students and 204 educators by personal interviews. All participants showed anthropocentric a�itudes toward animal use in research. Most of the participants agreed on items regarding the animal tests being easier, more scientific, more common, more economical and more reliable than alternative methods, but they also signified that they did not agree with the item indicating that the animal experimentation is more conscience. In conclusion, we can state that both the veterinary students and the educators are in a complete dilemma in the discussions regarding the animal experimentation. In order to avoid the negative circumstances that can arise from this dilemma, it could be said that veterinary schools should be supported in this aspect with related courses to be included within their curriculum.

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A survey of attitudes of Turkish veterinary students and educators about animal use in research

Yerlikaya¹,

Özen²,

Yaşar³

et al. 2004

Vet. Med. - Czech

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“…One of these variables was gender. Different psychological studies have demonstrated gender differences in attitudes towards animals, all indicating that women had more positive attitudes towards animals than men [8,[20][21][22]. Furthermore, Hills [21] indicated that within farmers, women had more positive attitudes towards animals, having also higher empathy scores than men.…”

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The relationship between farmers' attitude and behaviour towards calves, and productivity of veal units

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-Although veal production is highly standardised, there still remains variability in productivity between farms, which might be due to the farmers' behaviour towards their animals, which in turn depends on their attitude towards animals. Fifty farms affiliated with the same veal company were studied. The farmers' behaviour with the calves was observed during one morning meal. The farmers were then asked to fill in questionnaires designed to measure their attitude towards calves, and to obtain information about their background (e.g. age, gender, level of education). The productivity results (daily weight gain, feed conversion, and mortality rates) were obtained from the veal company. The frequency of gentle contacts was positively correlated with the description the farmers made of their behaviour with the calves and their beliefs about the sensitivity of calves. Female farmers showed a more positive behaviour towards the calves, had more positive beliefs about the importance of contacts with calves, and made a more positive description of their own behaviour. Positive behaviour was associated with better productivity. Furthermore, bigger units had lower mortality rates. It is concluded that for veal farmers, a positive attitude towards calves, a positive behaviour towards them, and good production results are linked.veal calves / human-animal relationship / handling / behaviour / attitude Résumé -Relation entre l'attitude et le comportement des éleveurs envers les animaux, et la production de veaux de boucherie. Bien que la production de veaux de boucherie soit très standardisée, il reste une certaine variabilité dans les résultats techniques entre élevages. Cette variabilité résiduelle pourrait être due à la façon dont les éleveurs se comportent envers leurs animaux. Cette étude a pour objectifs de décrire le comportement des éleveurs avec leur veaux, d'en comprendre l'origine (en fonction de l'histoire des éleveurs et de leurs attitudes envers les veaux), et d'évaluer la relation entre la productivité des élevages et le comportement et l'attitude des éleveurs. Cinquante élevages affiliés au même intégrateur ont été étudiés. Tous utilisaient la même alimentation

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“…Human supremacy was assessed with six items (α = .89), e.g., "The life of an animal is just not of equal value as the life of a human being" (see Appendix). Eight items of the Animal Attitude Scale measured attitudes toward animal exploitation (α = .74), e.g., "The use of animals such as rabbits for testing the safety of cosmetics and household products is unnecessary and should be stopped" (reverse-scored) (Herzog, Betchard, & Pittman, 1991). Higher scores indicated greater acceptance of animal exploitation.…”

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Why do right-wing adherents engage in more animal exploitation and meat consumption?

Dhont

Hodson

2014

Personality and Individual Differences

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Gender, Sex Role Orientation, and Attitudes toward Animals

Cited by 360 publications

References 25 publications

A survey of attitudes of Turkish veterinary students and educators about animal use in research

A survey of attitudes of Turkish veterinary students and educators about animal use in research

The relationship between farmers' attitude and behaviour towards calves, and productivity of veal units

Why do right-wing adherents engage in more animal exploitation and meat consumption?

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