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Benevolent Sexism: Manifestation In American Social Systems, Amanda D. Greubel
Benevolent Sexism: Manifestation In American Social Systems, Amanda D. Greubel
Doctor of Social Work Banded Dissertations
This banded dissertation focused on the manifestation of benevolent sexism in American social systems, past and present. Benevolent sexism takes a subjectively-positive view of women in traditional roles, revering them as gentle, nurturing, and in need of protection by men or other more powerful members of society. These beliefs fall into three categories: protective paternalism, complementary gender differentiation, and heterosexual intimacy.
The first product was a historical textual analysis of documents from the Council on Social Work Education Task Force on Women. In 1973, the task force surveyed programs about their curricular content on women. Four themes were identified in …