CLP 3184 Women's Mental Health –
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Of all compliments about appearance that are given in prime time TV, 65% are directed toward
(male/female) characters. - ✔✔female
Latinos are about 18% of the population but only __% of prime time TV characters and magazine
advertisement models. - ✔✔2%
______ characters are more often in sitcoms than in dramas and other ethnic groups are less visable. -
✔✔black
Black women make up much (less/more) than half of all poor women, but in magazines, ______% of
lower-income women are Black - ✔✔50% (half)
Black people are overrepresented in.... - ✔✔daytime shows such as Maury or Judge Judy.
Biased Representations reflect and influence _______. - ✔✔reality
When exposed to a TV ad showing women in traditionally female roles, women reported _____ _____
___-_______
than women shown a TV ad depicting greater gender role flexibility. - ✔✔much less self-confidence
______ attitudes of either gender tend to decrease after watching stereotyped ads. - ✔✔feminist
,When women are stereotypically seen as being gentle, compassionate, caring, and more concerned
with relationships, it is called _____ - ✔✔communion.
when men are stereotypically seen as being more concerned with self-interests, competitive, confident,
leaders, it is called ______. - ✔✔agency
1. (Women/men) are typically viewed as less competent than (men/women). - ✔✔1. WOMEN
are typically viewed as less competent than MEN
2. This is especially true for males' views of women,
3. women also do this to each other and to themselves.
Women are typically viewed as more pleasant than men. Which group of women is an exception
and seen as less pleasant? - ✔✔female feminists.
People will especially view women as less competent than men when the viewer..... - ✔✔1. is a man
2. someone who has little other information about a woman's qualifications
3. is an evaluator with expertise in the area
4. sees the woman act in a stereotypically male way
5. some women
what are the 2 competing types of Ambivalent sexism? - ✔✔hostile sexism & benevolent sexism.
sexism that is blatant and easy to spot? - ✔✔hostile sexism
_______ sexism is an attitude that women should "know their place" and are not as valuable or
deserving or strong as men are? it is blatant easy to spot - ✔✔hostile
_________ sexism is more subtle. - ✔✔benevolent
, Benevolent - ✔✔This type of sexism emphasizes a woman's special niceness or purity. The
focus, though, is on how women are different from men.
ambivalent sexism fits nicely with the views of women in __1___ and ___2_____ - ✔✔1. religion
2. mythology
a form of benevolent sexism? - ✔✔Chivalry is actually a form of benevolent sexism. Doing
something to take care of someone because she is a woman (rather than just to be nice to another
human being) implies that women need more special care than tough, strong men do.
benevolent sexism example: chivalry - ✔✔Doing something to take care of someone because she is
a woman (rather than just to be nice to another human being)
implies that....
women need more special care than tough, strong men do.
Men tend to score somewhat higher than women on ________ sexism scales - ✔✔benevolent
men tend to score much higher than women on _______ sexism scales. - ✔✔hostile
In countries with low gender equality (as measured by women's income compared to males and
the percentage of high government posts held by women) - ✔✔where are rates of both types of
ambivalent sexism are higher?
who do sexist attitudes hurt? - ✔✔those who hold them
those who they are held about
both hostile sexism and benevolent sexism serve the same purpose: to..... - ✔✔to keep women
disempowered
more sexist men are more likely to have _____ and _____ and are less likely to get help for those
conditions than are less sexist men - ✔✔depression and anxiety
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