title: Prejudice in context departs from attitudes toward groups.
abstract: The analysis offered by Dixon et al. fails to acknowledge that the attitudes that drive prejudice are attitudes that are constructed in particular contexts. These attitudes (e.g., toward men as childcare workers) can diverge strongly from attitudes toward the group in general. Social change is thus best achieved through challenging the requirements of roles and by changing group stereotypes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60201, USA. eagly@northwestern.edu
authors.forename: Alice H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Eagly
authors.forename: Amanda B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Diekman
mesh_terms: D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D011287:Prejudice; D012933:Social Identification