Gender Schema TheoryGender Schema Theory

KEY CONCEPTS• Schema

• A set of interrelated ideas that guides and organizes the way an individual processes and makes sense of information

• Three types: self schema, group schema, and event schema

• Habitus And Field• Habitus: subjective social processes . . . a set of acquired patterns of

thought, behavior, and taste• Field: objective social processes . . . laws or systems of relationships that

may constrain our behavior or attitudes

• Gender Schema Theory• Gender identities are part of our habitus• Habitus is structured through interactions with our field• Fields change, but incompletely

KEY CONCEPTS• Schema

• A set of interrelated ideas that guides and organizes the way an individual processes and makes sense of information

• Three types: self schema, group schema, and event schema

• Habitus And Field• Habitus: subjective social processes . . . a set of acquired patterns of

thought, behavior, and taste• Field: objective social processes . . . laws or systems of relationships that

may constrain our behavior or attitudes

• Gender Schema Theory• Gender identities are part of our habitus• Habitus is structured through interactions with our field• Fields change, but incompletely

KEY CONCEPTS• Schema

• A set of interrelated ideas that guides and organizes the way an individual processes and makes sense of information

• Three types: self schema, group schema, and event schema

• Habitus And Field• Habitus: subjective social processes . . . a set of acquired patterns of

thought, behavior, and taste• Field: objective social processes . . . laws or systems of

relationships that may constrain our behavior or attitudes

• Gender Schema Theory• Gender identities are part of our habitus• Habitus is structured through interactions with our field• Fields change, but incompletely

KEY CONCEPTS• Schema

• A set of interrelated ideas that guides and organizes the way an individual processes and makes sense of information

• Three types: self schema, group schema, and event schema

• Habitus And Field• Habitus: subjective social processes . . . a set of acquired patterns of

thought, behavior, and taste• Field: objective social processes . . . laws or systems of relationships that

may constrain our behavior or attitudes

• Gender Schema Theory• Gender identities are part of our habitus• Habitus is structured through interactions with our field• Fields change, but incompletely

Can we let her go to the bathroom

outside?

Does it matter if otherDoes it matter if otherpeople are around?people are around?

Does location matter?Does location matter?Does the baby’s sexDoes the baby’s sex

matter?matter?

What happens if What happens if Wilma has two kids of Wilma has two kids of different genders and different genders and

Fred leaves?Fred leaves?

How is the addition of How is the addition of this building a change this building a change in field? How does it in field? How does it change the decisions change the decisions

that have to be that have to be made?made?