Parents' Gender-Stereotyped Perceptions of Newborns: The Eye of the Beholder Revisited

Assessed parental gender-stereotyped perceptions of their newborn infant within a group of 40, mostly Caucasian, pairs of parents. Findings show stereotyped descriptions (that is, finer features, less strong, more delicate, and so on) were used when comparing newborn girls with boys. These perceptio...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Sex roles 1995-11, Vol.33 (9-10), p.687-701
1. Verfasser:	Karraker, Katherine Hildebrandt
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Babies Biological and medical sciences Biological Parents Couple and family Father Attitudes Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Gender stereotypes Identification Infants Mother Attitudes Neonates Newborn babies Parent Attitudes Parental Attitudes Parents Parents & parenting Perception Perceptions Physical Characteristics Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Psychology Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychology. Psychophysiology Sex Role Attitudes Sex Stereotypes Sexes Sexism in Language Social psychology Social Science Research Stereotypes West Virginia
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Zusammenfassung:	Assessed parental gender-stereotyped perceptions of their newborn infant within a group of 40, mostly Caucasian, pairs of parents. Findings show stereotyped descriptions (that is, finer features, less strong, more delicate, and so on) were used when comparing newborn girls with boys. These perceptions persisted across a one-week time interval. Fathers did not show greater stereotyping perceptions than mothers. (GR)
ISSN:	0360-0025 1573-2762
DOI:	10.1007/BF01547725