The validity of role theory as an explanation of gender stereotypes: comment on Hosoda and Stone.
Hosoda and Stone note that role theory leads to the prediction that changes in women's roles should be followed by changes in gender stereotypes; however, having described changes in roles and observed stability in stereotypes, they do not draw the conclusion that their results are inconsistent with role theory.
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University of Akron, USA. llueptow@sunline.net
D005260:Female; D005783:Gender Identity; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011582:Psychological Theory; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012737:Sex Factors; D013240:Stereotyping