College Students’ Stereotyped Beliefs

Patricia Alonso-Ruido, Iris Estévez, Cristina Varela-Portela and Bibiana Regueiro ()
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Patricia Alonso-Ruido: Department of Pedagogy and Didactics, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 A Coruña, Spain
Iris Estévez: Department of Pedagogy and Didactics, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 A Coruña, Spain
Cristina Varela-Portela: Department of Pedagogy and Didactics, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 A Coruña, Spain
Bibiana Regueiro: Department of Pedagogy and Didactics, University of Santiago de Compostela, 15782 A Coruña, Spain

Social Sciences, 2023, vol. 12, issue 5, 1-11

Abstract: Over recent years, socio-political discourse has been full of language aimed at reaching gender equality. This is a complex goal that should address the underlying bases of inequality—gender stereotypes that continue to legitimize unequal consideration and treatment. It is also a reality that universities are not exempt from. The objective of this study was to analyze university students’ stereotyped beliefs and look at the differences based on self-identified gender and branch of knowledge. The analysis looked at a sample of 3433 university students (67.9% women), aged between 17 and 56 (M = 18.95; SD = 2.35) and reported low rates of prevalence of stereotyped beliefs, with significantly higher means in men and in engineering students. The survival of gender stereotypes in a population who were born and raised in a legally egalitarian society points to the importance of education programs aimed at university teachers that would give them the capacity to incorporate a gender perspective in all disciplines, especially those disciplines reporting greater adherence to stereotyped beliefs.

Keywords: stereotype; gender roles; gender equality; university students; education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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