Black men face certain problems related to institutional racism and environments which often do not prepare them well for the fulfillment of masculine roles. In addition to problems created by discrimination, they encounter negative stereotyping, which holds that they are socially castrated, insecure in their male identity, and lacking in positive…

Social researchers under the influence of social stereotypes sometimes make generalizations which are partly true and partly false, and tend to use deceptive research models which in turn increase the number and influence of stereotypes. (JM)

Research on the evaluation of eminent academic women supports the hypothesis that typical responses (of men, primarily) to competent women include prejudice, stereotyped beliefs, and overt or subtle discrimination. A competent woman is most likely to be devalued when potential consequences exist for the evaluator and when the woman is unfamiliar.…

Identifies and briefly discusses three aspects of the problem of ageism: (1) prejudicial attitudes; (2) discriminatory practices against the elderly; (3) institutional practices and policies that perpetuate stereotypic beliefs about the elderly and undermine their personal dignity. (Author/GC)

Implications of the gay rights movement for the rights of children are examined from a developmental perspective which allows the rights issue to be refocused from one of children's rights to that of the rights of the adults that children become. (Author)

Points out problems with using the cognitive approach to stereotyping. Cognitive approaches fail to address crucial issues regarding intention, motivation, and behavior. (PS)

Introduces a theme issue on social stigma and stereotyping, suggesting an insider's perspective to focus attention on the stereotyped or stigmatized ingroup's responses, experiences, and beliefs and proposing that the insider's perspective affords a view of stigmatized groups as actively seeking to make sense of their social world and attain…

Argues for expansion of traditional notions of discrimination to permit antidiscrimination suits where the adverse employment decision arose from an expectation that women conform to certain patterns of behavior, whether or not that expectation was based on hostility and whether or not there is a similarly situated male who received different…

The patterning of sexual interaction in male-female dyads and the links between sexual behavior and emotional intimacy were investigated as part of a two-year study of college dating couples. Traditional sexual role playing was found to be common. (Author/AM)

Participants in a mandatory inservice course for school employees were asked to rate one white and one black class member unknown to them at the first class meeting. White raters adhered to certain stereotypes. (DM)

Using data from two ongoing longitudinal studies and prior research, examines the effect of parental attitudes on the perpetuation of gender stereotypes in choice of school subjects and careers. Because society does not yet reward female- and male-typed occupations equally, such stereotyping is often disadvantageous to girls. (DM)

The results of this study are interpreted as being incompatible with theories of sex and violence that stress a single physiological or instinctual factor. They support two-factor theories which give more emphasis to social learning principles than to physiological determinants. (Author)

Presents a model to account for the generalization of attributes from a sample to a population in the formation of stereotypes. Argues that stereotypes are heavily influenced by the attributes of those group members most strongly associated with the group label, and that stereotypes change only when disconfirming attributes are associated with…

Evaluates a book about Egypt, designed to improve the ethnic attitudes of Israel tourists who were about to visit that country as a cognitive intervention. Reports that the intervention was successful only in moderating negative attitudinal changes, and that the intergroup contact provided by tourism does not guarantee positive attitude change.…

Charges American social science with systematic bias in its treatment of black families so as to exaggerate the amount and kind of pathology of black family life and ignore the health aspects; only black scholars and scientists may correct this idea. (JM)