When information does not deter stereotyping: Prescriptive stereotyping can foster bias under conditions that deter descriptive stereotyping

By M. Gill. 2004

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Subfields: Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science

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Gender Stereotypes in the Workplace: Obstacles to Women's Career Progress (2007, background): “This means that prescription-based bias is less responsive to contextual variation or efforts by the organization aimed at precluding its effects (Gill, 2004).”
Harassment Based on Sex: Protecting Social Status in the Context of Gender Hierarchy (2007, background): “SBH, thus, is one of many negative social repercussions faced by individuals who violate sex roles (for examples of other repercussions, see Gill, 2004; Heilman, Wallen, Fuchs, & Tamkins, 2004; Herek, 1993; Rudman & Fairchild, 2004; Thomas-Hunt & Phillips, 2004).”
When men break the gender rules: Status incongruity and backlash against modest men. (2010, background): “A large body of research has demonstrated that women striving for leadership roles suffer backlash when they violate gender stereotypes by exhibiting agency (e.g., Eagly, Makhijani, & Klonsky, 1992; Gill, 2004; Heilman et al., 2004; Phelan et al., 2008; Rudman, 1998; Rudman & Glick, 1999, 2001).”
Gender stereotypes and workplace bias (2012, background): “As a consequence, prescription-based bias is less responsive to contextual intervention or to organizational efforts to mitigate its effects (Gill, 2004).”
Punishing female negotiators for asserting too much…or not enough: Exploring why advocacy moderates backlash against assertive female negotiators (2013, background): “…domains, such as leadership, through overt demonstrations of assertive behavior, they are socially sanctioned for violating feminine prescriptions that dictate how women ‘‘should’’ be behave (e.g., Eagly & Karau, 2002; Gill, 2004; Heilman & Okimoto, 2007; Rudman, 1998; Rudman & Glick, 2001).”
Backlash effects for disconfirming gender stereotypes in organizations (2008, background): “In addition to a descriptive component reflecting how men and women are typically perceived, gender stereotypes also contain a strong prescriptive component which reflects how men and women ‘‘should be’’ and importantly, how they ‘‘should not be’’ (Burgess & Borgida, 1999; Eagly & Karau, 2002; Fiske”