The social construction of gender from the perspective of the Social Identity Theory
Authors
Edgardo EtchezaharFiles
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Journal
Published in Vol. 25 No. 49 (2014) of Ciencia, Docencia y Tecnología.
Ciencia, Docencia y Tecnología is a refereed, multidisciplinary open access scientific journal that aims to contribute to the development of scientific knowledge in Argentina and Latin America. Since 1990 it has been edited and funded by the National University of Entre Ríos and publishes original research articles in Spanish and Portuguese by national and international researchers. Until 2020, CDyT was published in May and November. As of Num. 62 may-ago (2021), it adopts the continuous publication mode, publishing three issues in April, August and December.
About the JournalAbstract
The aim of this paper was to analyze the different psychological processes involved in the construction of gender from the Social Identity Theory. First, we analyze how individuals maintain their self-esteem through their identification with different social groups, as well as by means of categorical thinking for the analysis of the social world. Then we discuss the different processes of causal attribution, represented by the outgroup homogeneity bias and ingroup bias, for the analysis of the social construction of gender identity. Finally, we present the limitations of the theory and their possible complementarity with gender role theory.
