Examples of Gender Bias in Psychology
- Some claim that Bowlby and Freud’s research has been constructed to reinforce male dominance and female inferiority. Bowlby’s Maternal Deprivation Hypothesis could be interpreted as suggesting that women should stay at home and look after their children rather than pursue career opportunities. Freud’s penis envy suggests that women are sexually inferior to men.
- Many important and influential psychology experiments use only male participants. (Milgram, Zimardo, Tajfel, Sherif, Asch, Kohlberg)
