Meaning of hypergender | Babel Free

Definitions

Relating to or exhibiting strict adherence to one's traditional gender role or gender stereotypes.

Examples

“Given the research⟳ results indicating that hypermasculine men and hyperfeminine women appear⟳ to share⟳ similar attitudes and the overlap in content of several of the HMI and HFS items, it is plausible that acceptance of hypergender ideologies (i.e., hypertraditionality, Byrne & Schulte, 1990; Smith, 1989; Smith et al., 1995) represents a unifying constellation of attitudes that encompasses both. That is, hypermasculinity and hyperfemininity may represent⟳ gender-typed manifestations of a broader constellation of attitudes, which we call⟳ hypergender ideologies.”

“Other attitudes and beliefs included belief in rigid or extreme gender difference (hypergender ideology), greater acceptance of using verbal pressure and greater misperception about a woman's friendly behaviour. […] Hypergender ideology, beliefs that heterosexual relations were adversarial and rape myth acceptance formed a ‘block⟳’ of interrelated attitudes among participants, […] (Loh et al., 2005, p.1334).”

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