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College Students’ Stereotyped Beliefs

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  • Patricia Alonso-Ruido

    (Department of Pedagogy and Didactics, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 A Coruña, Spain)

  • Iris Estévez

    (Department of Pedagogy and Didactics, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 A Coruña, Spain)

  • Cristina Varela-Portela

    (Department of Pedagogy and Didactics, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 A Coruña, Spain)

  • Bibiana Regueiro

    (Department of Pedagogy and Didactics, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 A Coruña, Spain)

Abstract

Over recent years, socio-political discourse has been full of language aimed at reaching gender equality. This is a complex goal that should address the underlying bases of inequality—gender stereotypes that continue to legitimize unequal consideration and treatment. It is also a reality that universities are not exempt from. The objective of this study was to analyze university students’ stereotyped beliefs and look at the differences based on self-identified gender and branch of knowledge. The analysis looked at a sample of 3433 university students (67.9% women), aged between 17 and 56 (M = 18.95; SD = 2.35) and reported low rates of prevalence of stereotyped beliefs, with significantly higher means in men and in engineering students. The survival of gender stereotypes in a population who were born and raised in a legally egalitarian society points to the importance of education programs aimed at university teachers that would give them the capacity to incorporate a gender perspective in all disciplines, especially those disciplines reporting greater adherence to stereotyped beliefs.

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  • Patricia Alonso-Ruido & Iris Estévez & Cristina Varela-Portela & Bibiana Regueiro, 2023. "College Students’ Stereotyped Beliefs," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-11, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:12:y:2023:i:5:p:302-:d:1148531
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    1. Lauren Dundes, 2020. "Elsa as Horse Whisperer in Disney’s Frozen 2 : Opportunity “Nokk”s to Quash Gender Stereotypes," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 9(5), pages 1-11, May.
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