The Oppositional Structure of Implicit Theories of Masculinity and Femininity, Identity, and Attitudes Toward Women

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Implicit theories of masculinity and femininity were proposed to contain both oppositional and nonoppositional inferential relations between attributes. Across two studies, it was the oppositional attributes, i.e., power-dominance for males and deference-submissiveness for females, which as a part of a person's identity, correlated positively with oppositional belief, an identification with a sex-typed masculine or feminine identity, and a pattern of oppositional attitudes toward social equality for women. For the non-oppositional attributes, agency and empathy, the pattern of inter-correlation was in the reverse direction to that of the oppositional attributes indicating a transcendence of oppositional belief structure and support for social equality for women.

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1986-04-01

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