COMMENT ON WAGNER, ELEJABARRIETA AND LAHNSTEINER (1995) - FROM SPERM AND OVUM TO GENDER STEREOTYPES

Authors
VONK R VANVLIET KP
Citation
R. Vonk et Kp. Vanvliet, COMMENT ON WAGNER, ELEJABARRIETA AND LAHNSTEINER (1995) - FROM SPERM AND OVUM TO GENDER STEREOTYPES, European journal of social psychology, 28(1), 1998, pp. 115-121
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Social
Journal title
European journal of social psychology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00462772
Volume
28
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
115 - 121
Database
ISI
SICI code
0046-2772(1998)28:1<115:COWEAL>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Wagner, Elejabarrieta and Lahnsteiner (1995) conclude that people use gender-stereotypic attributes and sexual metaphors in describing the s perm and the ovum. The conclusion is criticized on the basis of two ar guments. (1) the sperm is, in actuality, more active than the ovum and this difference is reflected in subjects 'judgements, (2) in their st udy, the researchers themselves induced (a) the person metaphor and (b ) gender categories. (C) 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.