The Psychology of Gender 4th Edition

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TABLE 3.5 MOST FREQUENT FEATURES OF EACH CATEGORY

Anglo-American

Males

African American

Males

Asian American

Males

Mexican American

Males

Intelligent Athletic Intelligent Lower class

Egotistical Antagonistic Short Hard worker

Upper class Dark skin Achievement oriented Antagonistic

Light skin Muscular Speak softly Dark skin

Pleasant Criminal Hard worker Noncollege

Racist Speak loudly Pleasant Pleasant

Achievement oriented Tall Dark hair Dark hair

Caring Intelligent Good student Ambitionless

Attractive Unmannerly Small build Family oriented

Athletic Pleasant Caring Short

Sociable Lower class Slender Criminal

Blond hair Ambitionless Family oriented Poorly groomed

Tall Noncollege Upper class Unmannerly

Hard worker Racist Shy Intelligent

Ambitionless Sociable Speak with accent Alcohol user

Anglo-American

Females

African American

Females

Asian American

Females

Mexican American

Females

Attractive Speak loudly Intelligent Dark hair

Intelligent Dark skin Speak softly Attractive

Egotistical Antagonistic Pleasant Pleasant

Pleasant Athletic Short Dark skin

Blonde hair Pleasant Attractive Overweight

Sociable Unmannerly Small build Baby makers

Upper class Sociable Achievement oriented Family oriented

Caring Intelligent Caring Caring

Light skin Attractive Shy Intelligent

Achievement oriented Lower class Dark hair Sociable

Fashion conscious Egotistical Slender Noncollege

Light eyes Ambitionless Hard worker Ambitionless

Independent Caring Passive Passive

Passive Humorous Good student Short

Honest Well mannered Antagonistic

Source: Adapted from Niemann et al. (1994).

male in the United States is viewed as indepen-

dent and athletic, the traditional male in China

is viewed as valuing poetry, rituals, music, in-

terdependence, and cooperation (Chia et al.,

1994). The Westerner’s stereotype of the Asian

male is of one who lacks masculine traits—

passive and ineffectual (Iwamoto & Liu, 2009),

and the stereotype of the Asian female ranges

from the exotic to the subservient (Hall, 2009).

Stereotypes of Homosexuals. The primary

stereotype of homosexuals is that they possess

gender-role characteristics associated with the

other sex. This stereotype has not changed

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