Gender Theory

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Gender schema theory is a type of cognitive theory which explains how individuals become gendered in society, and how sex-linked characteristics are maintained and transmitted to other members of a culture.

Gender-associated information is predominantly transmuted through society by way of schemata, or networks of information that allow for some information to be more easily assimilated than others.

Bem argues that there are individual differences in the degree to which people hold these gender schemata. These differences are manifested via the degree to which individuals are sex-typed.

Core gender identity is tied up in the sex typing that an individual undergoes.
This typing can be heavily influenced by child rearing, media, school, and other forms of cultural transmission.
Bem refers to four categories in which an individual may fall: sex-typed, cross-sex-typed, androgynous, and undifferentiated.
Sex-typed individuals process and integrate information that is in line with their gender.

This theory can help explain some of the processes by which gender stereotypes become so psychologically ingrained in our society.
Specifically, having strong gender schemata provides a filter through which we process incoming stimuli in the environment.
This leads to an easier ability to assimilate information that is stereotype congruent, hence further solidifying the existence of gender stereotypes.

The legacy of gender schema theory has not been one of point obvious lasting impact on the psychology of gender.
While gender schema theory does provide a cognitive backbone for how gender stereotypes may continue to be maintained in current society, it lost wind as more broad sociological theories became the dominant force in the psychology of gender

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