Seeing the World in Pink and Blue: Developing and Exploring a New Measure of Essentialistic Thinking about Gender

Volume: 83, Issue: 11-12, Pages: 685 - 705
Published: Apr 15, 2020
Abstract
Essentialism, or the belief that certain categories have fundamental, intrinsic, and stable essences, pervasively influences social judgments. Among the many groupings that describe people, gender is the most essentialized category yet relatively little is known about individual differences in gender essentialism. To explore this construct in Study 1 with 2996 U.S. participants, we developed a new measure, named the Gender Essentialism Measure...
Paper Details
Title
Seeing the World in Pink and Blue: Developing and Exploring a New Measure of Essentialistic Thinking about Gender
Published Date
Apr 15, 2020
Journal
Volume
83
Issue
11-12
Pages
685 - 705
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