Delusions of Gender

gender gap in empathizing,

With the right social identity for the occasion or the companion, this malleability and sensitivity to the social world helps us to fit ourselves into, as well as better perform, our current social rol

As a psychologist who has worked for several years in philosophy departments,

The maxim “fake it till you make it” gains empirical support.

Self-perception absorbed the stereotypical qualities of another social group.27

In her report of kindergarten children, sociologist Bronwyn Davies describes how one little girl, Catherine, reacts when the doll she is playing with is snatched away by a boy.

These shifts in the self-concept do not just bring about changes in the eye of the self-beholder. They can also change behavior.

but the kind of man who thinks that women deserve to be cherished and protected by men, while being rather less enthusiastic about them being too confident and assertive.)

For example, Sinclair manipulated one group of women into thinking that they were about to spend some time with a charmingly sexist man.

Princeton University psychologist Stacey Sinclair