Moderate mismatches channel group members into stereotypic role subtypes as preemptive discrimination

Evidence

The role-incongruity perspective suggests that even apparently inflexible stereotypes eventually change to the extent that change occurs in the roles that group members typically occupy. … Work on dynamic stereotypes (Diekman & Eagly, 2000) has documented that people perceive women as increasing in masculine characteristics from the past to the present; these new beliefs correspond to women’s shift into traditionally male-dominated roles. … Moreover, perceivers anticipate that the evaluation of women’s male-stereotypical attributes will become more positive over time (Diekman & Goodfriend, 2004). — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 222 (#complicates, via linked claim)

The role-incongruity analysis of prejudice encompasses Allport’s emphasis on negative attitudes toward groups by acknowledging that the overall evaluative content of a group’s stereotype can restrict the social roles for which group members are thought to be qualified. Social roles that offer prestige, status, income, love, and other outcomes will require many positive attributes; consequently, group stereotypes that are especially negative overall hinder access to a wide range of desirable roles because role-relevant positive attributes are absent from the stereotype. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 213 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Group stereotypes cause role-congruent favoritism without any generalized hostility toward the group; Stereotypes can arise from role rationalization, not observed group differences — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 2954; Group members succeeding in new roles redefine stereotypes and reduce prejudice — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 222 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Group members succeeding in new roles redefine stereotypes and reduce prejudice #complicates (0.80) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 222
• Negative overall stereotypes block group access to desirable social roles. #complicates (0.72) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 213