Explain why, according to the status incongruity hypothesis, gender role violating women are viewed negatively.
What will be an ideal response?
The status incongruity hypothesis argues that the purpose of gender roles is to justify and reinforce unequal gender hierarchies in which men have higher status than women. When women display agentic traits it raises questions about the legitimacy of the gender hierarchy which can create dissonance. To avoid these uncomfortable feelings people punish women for displaying agentic traits.
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A. new immigrants, especially women B. migrants from the farms C. southern African Americans D. former skilled craftworkers
Compare and contrast the monarchy’s relationship with the nobility in France, Spain, and England in the seventeenth century.
What will be an ideal response?
Which attack had the most significant impact on ending the war in the Pacific?
A. Midway B. Hawaii C. Hiroshima D. Guam
The role of the women of “the idle rich” was
a. as organizers of their husbands’ offices. b. to remain hidden within the home. c. to reflect their husbands’ wealth by spending it. d. to win respectability for their families by marrying men with even more money. e. none of these choices.