Trades, characteristics and social values attributed to masculinity and femininity

Authors

  • Crisanta-Alina Mazilescu Département de Formation Didactique de l’Université Polytechnique de Timisoara
  • Bernard Gangloff Laboratoire Parisien de Psychologie Sociale Université Paris 10

Keywords:

gender, femininity, masculinity, social value, trades

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to study, on a population of students of technical universities, the representation of masculinity and femininity, and assignments made for these representations in terms of social value and jobs. We observe, on the one hand, the characteristics associated with femininity, characteristics that are generally oriented to emotional support, and on the other hand the characteristics of masculinity that have to do with power and aggression. In terms of social value, characteristics associated with femininity are considered more desirable than socially useful, while the characteristics associated to masculinity are assessed at the same time useful and socially desirable. Finally, the attribution of jobs to gender characteristics obtained in previous stages, confirm the link between male professions and characteristics of masculinity and female professions and femininity characteristics.

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Author Biographies

Crisanta-Alina Mazilescu, Département de Formation Didactique de l’Université Polytechnique de Timisoara

Département de Formation Didactique de l’Université Polytechnique de Timisoara

Bernard Gangloff, Laboratoire Parisien de Psychologie Sociale Université Paris 10

Laboratoire Parisien de Psychologie Sociale Université Paris 10

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2019-10-25

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Mazilescu, C.-A., & Gangloff, B. (2019). Trades, characteristics and social values attributed to masculinity and femininity. Psihologia Resurselor Umane, 11(1), 83–91. Retrieved from https://www.hrp-journal.com/index.php/pru/article/view/195

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Vol. 11 No. 1 (2013): Psihologia Resurselor Umane

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Research articles

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