About the lecture

In this lecture, we think about sexism, a form of discrimination based on a person’s sex or gender, focusing in particular on: (i) the topic of gender stereotypes, including Fiske’s stereotype content model (2002); (ii) why gender stereotypes are harmful; (iii) the difference between hostile and benevolent sexism; (iv) why the latter, although sometimes considered positively, is particularly insidious; (v) how gender stereotypes are maintained, including the role of the media and the underrepresentation of women in positions of power.

About the lecturer

Dr Juliet Wakefield is a senior lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Nottingham Trent University. Dr Wakefield is a member of the Groups, Identities, and Health research group and has research interests in the social identity approach and implications of group membership. Some of Dr Wakefield’s recent publications include ‘Communities as conduits of harm: a social identity analysis of appraisal, coping and justice-seeking in response to historic collective victimisation’ (2022) and ‘The link between family identification, loneliness, and symptom severity in people with eating disorders’ (2022).