Question

Can people, whether female or male, have both “feminine” and “masculine”

characteristics? Do you see a danger in limiting people to one or the other? Explain your
response. Give at least TWO specific examples

Answer 1

Gender stereotype theory suggests that men are generally perceived as more masculine than women, whereas women are generally perceived as more feminine than men. Several scales have been developed to measure fundamental aspects of gender stereotypes (e.g., agency and communion, competence and warmth, or instrumentality and expressivity).