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Gender and intergroup behaviour: Towards an integration
Author(s) -
Williams Jennifer A.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
british journal of social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.855
H-Index - 98
eISSN - 2044-8309
pISSN - 0144-6665
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8309.1984.tb00646.x
Subject(s) - psychology , social psychology , social identity theory , identity (music) , social identity approach , focus (optics) , gender identity , social group , physics , optics , acoustics
While the importance of establishing connections between intergroup behaviour and gender has been recognized by sociologists and feminists, evidence suggests that social psychologists have been somewhat tardy in this respect. Social psychologists who take intergroup behaviour as their focus rarely include the relationship between the sexes within their frame of reference, and often assume that theories and research offer a satisfactory account of the behaviour of both women and men. Furthermore, psychologists whose interests lie in the social and personal implications of being born male or female typically attribute little importance to the fact that this defines membership of unequal social categories. Outlined here are a number of reasons for suggesting that these separate lines of inquiry are in need of integration, and the specific example of social identity theory (e.g. Tajfel, 1978) is used to give substance to this position.