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Prejudice in context departs from attitudes toward groups

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 November 2012

Alice H. Eagly  and
Amanda B. Diekman
Alice H. Eagly
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60201. [email protected]://www.wcas.northwestern.edu/psych/people/faculty/faculty_individual_pages/eagly.htm
Amanda B. Diekman
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056. [email protected]://www.units.muohio.edu/psychology/user/43
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Abstract

The analysis offered by Dixon et al. fails to acknowledge that the attitudes that drive prejudice are attitudes that are constructed in particular contexts. These attitudes (e.g., toward men as childcare workers) can diverge strongly from attitudes toward the group in general. Social change is thus best achieved through challenging the requirements of roles and by changing group stereotypes.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 6 , December 2012 , pp. 431 - 432
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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