Sex-ratios as a basis for occupational evaluations: A contemporary view

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David R. Shaffer
April Gresham
E. Gilmer Clary
Thomas J. Thielman
Cite this article:  Shaffer, D., Gresham, A., Clary, E., & Thielman, T. (1986). Sex-ratios as a basis for occupational evaluations: A contemporary view. Social Behavior and Personality: An international journal, 14(1), 77-84.


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In the present experiment we failed to replicate a widely-cited sexist bias in people's evaluations of occupations that was originally reported by Touhey (1974a; 1974b). Not only were contemporary college students unwilling to downgrade the prestige of masculine professions or to upgrade that of feminine professions when told that the proportion of other-sex (i.e., minority) practitioners was increasing; they actually rated one traditionally masculine occupation (college professor) in more favorable terms if informed that women would be making greater contributions to this profession in the future. Some present and future implications of these findings are discussed.
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