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Comment on Wagner, Elejabarrieta and Lahnsteiner (1995): From sperm and ovum to gender stereotypes
Author(s) -
Vonk Roos,
Van Vliet Katja P.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
european journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1099-0992
pISSN - 0046-2772
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0992(199801/02)28:1<115::aid-ejsp834>3.0.co;2-k
Subject(s) - psychology , social psychology , sperm , metaphor , developmental psychology , andrology , theology , philosophy , medicine
Wagner, Elejabarrieta and Lahnsteiner (1995) conclude that people use gender‐stereotypic attributes and sexual metaphors in describing the sperm and the ovum. The conclusion is criticized on the basis of two arguments: (1) the sperm is, in actuality, more active than the ovum and this difference is reflected in subjects' judgements; (2) in their study, the researchers themselves induced (a) the person metaphor and (b) gender categories. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.