Adolescent and Adult Reasoning about Gender Roles and Fairness in Benin, West Africa

Autor/in	Conry-Murray, Clare
Titel	Adolescent and Adult Reasoning about Gender Roles and Fairness in Benin, West Africa
Quelle	In: Cognitive Development, 24 (2009) 2, S.207-219 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0885-2014
DOI	10.1016/j.cogdev.2008.12.004
Schlagwörter	Conferences (Gatherings); Sex Role; Adolescents; Age Differences; Norms; Foreign Countries; Gender Differences; Adults; Spouses; Decision Making; Punishment; Perception; Attitudes; Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Geschlechterrolle; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Normwert; Ausland; Geschlechterkonflikt; Ehepartner; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Bestrafung; Wahrnehmung; Attitude; Einstellung; Verhalten; Afrika
Abstract	This study examined reasoning about gender roles in a traditional society in Benin, West Africa. Ninety-seven male and female adolescents and adults evaluated conflicts between a husband and a wife over gender norms to determine whether gender norms, are judged to be moral or conventional. Although most attributed decision-making power to the husband, justifications and evaluations that supported challenges to traditional gender roles indicate that social roles were seen as alterable conventions. In addition, concerns with punishment of one spouse were associated with endorsing the other spouse as decision-maker, indicating that endorsements of authority may be coerced. Very few age differences were found, indicating that adults are not more enculturated into an acceptance of hierarchy than adolescents. However, adults were more likely than adolescents to perceive coercion. (Contains 3 figures and 4 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10