Effects of Women's Studies Courses on Gender-Related Attitudes of Women and Men
- 1 September 1995
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychology of Women Quarterly
- Vol. 19 (3) , 419-426
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1995.tb00084.x
Abstract
Attitudes about feminism, gender equality, and gender differences were assessed for male and female students enrolled in three women's studies courses and four control courses at the beginning and end of an academic semester. Compared to control students, women's studies students agreed more with feminist and equality items, and disagreed more with gender difference items, at the beginning of the term. Nonetheless, belief in gender differences decreased among men, but not women, enrolled in women's studies courses. Additionally, women's studies courses produced increased feminist attitudes among women, but decreased feminist attitudes among the small sample of men in the study.Keywords
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