Mr Mom In The News Summary

In the study Mr. Mom in the News: The Relationship Between Stereotypes and Gendered News Stories, the purpose was to see whether peoples preconceived stereotypes influence their perceptions of news stories involving gender. The authors discovered that people’s stereotypes about gender roles and the content of the news stories were not predictors on whether someone would enjoy an article or not. They also discovered that those who had stereotypes about women responded more negatively regardless of the experiment’s condition. This means that people who already have stereotypes about women and about gender roles in society before reading an article will respond negatively no matter what the article’s content is. Hoewe, et al. partially support their first theory that, women who hold stereotypes about women will find stories about stay-at-home mothers more realistic than stories about stay-at-home fathers. They disproved their second theory that, women who hold stereotypes about women will enjoy a story
Advocates of this theory would say that because the public is less supportive of stay-at-home fathers than they are of stay-at-home mothers, a father staying home to take care of the children might be a violation of some people’s expectations. In the article, the author states that, “If a woman believes that men and women hold different social soles, she will view deviations from these norms as unrealistic.” This statement is along the same lines as the EVT. Advocates of the EVT would agree with the result of the first theory, that women who had more stereotypes about gender roles were less likely to believe the articles. Many stereotypes claim that women should be the ones staying home with the children, and a man being the one to do it would violate their expectations, making it less likely to