[New post] People Tend To Believe That Psychology Is A “Feminine” Discipline

BPS Research Digest posted: " By Emily Reynolds Despite the fact that psychology students are more likely to be women than men, and that women outnumber men in the clinical psychology workforce, women in psychology publish less, receive fewer citations, and are underrepresented at" New post on Research Digest People Tend To Believe That Psychology Is A "Feminine" Discipline by BPS Research Digest By Emily Reynolds Despite the fact that psychology students are more likely to be women than men, and that women outnumber men in the clinical psychology workforce, women in psychology publish less, receive fewer citations, and are underrepresented at senior positions within university departments. This juxtaposition of over and underrepresentation poses an interesting question about how people perceive gender roles within the field. It's this question Guy A. Boysen and team explore in a new study, published in the Journal of Social Psychology. They find that people associate psychology more strongly with femininity than masculinity — and that this may affect how men and women feel about working or studying within the field. Read more of this post BPS Research Digest | July 20, 2021 at 1:21 pm | Categories: Educational, Gender | URL: https://wp.me/p7Lf0f-bat Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Research Digest. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://digest.bps.org.uk/2021/07/20/people-tend-to-believe-that-psychology-is-a-feminine-discipline/