Table of Contents
1. Introduction and overview Belle Derks and Naomi Ellemers Part I: The Consequences of Gender Stereotypes 2. Sexism and the gendering of professional aspirations Lavinia Gianettoni & Edith Guilley 3. How gender stereotypes of academic abilities contribute to the maintenance of gender hierarchy in higher education Catherine Verniers, Virginie Bonnot, Céline Darnon, Benoît Dompnier & Delphine Martinot 4. Development of physical activity levels of girls and boys in early school years: A psychosocial perspective Boris Cheval, Aina Chalabaev, & Julien Chanal 5. The impact of gender stereotypes in patient-physician interactions Valérie Carrard & Marianne Schmid Mast Part II: Women’s Struggles in the Workplace 6. The effects of stereotypes of women’s performance in male-dominated hierarchies: stereotype threat activation and reduction through role models Ioana Latu & Marianne Schmid Mast 7. When meritocracy opposes quota policy: How education and policy strength impact opinions about affirmative action Klea Faniko, Fabio Lorenzi-Cioldi, Paolo Ghisletta, Siri Øyslebø Sørensen, Erjona Manushi, Fiorela Shalsi & Marion Chipeaux 8. Refining the conditions and causes of the glass cliff: Hostility, signalling change, or solving the crisis? Clara Kulich, Vincenzo Iacoviello, & Fabio Lorenzi-Cioldi 9. Work-life balance vulnerabilities and resources for women in Switzerland: results from a national study Sarah D. Stauffer, Christian Maggiori, Claire Johnston, Shékina Rochat, & Jérôme Rossier Part III Gender-Related Prejudice 10. A Model of gender prejudice, power and discrimination: how hierarchy-enhancing factors predominate over hierarchy-attenuating factors Emmanuelle P. Kleinlogel & Joerg Dietz 11. Women’s endorsement of sexist beliefs directed towards the self and towards other women in general Regula Zimmermann & Pascal M. Gygax 12. Gender differences in the acceptance of the Muslim headscarf Oriane Sarrasin, Nicole Fasel, & Eva G.T.Green 13. Masculinity and sexual prejudice: A matter of men's need to differentiate themselves from women and gay men Jacques Berent, Juan M. Falomir-Pichastor, & Marion Chipeaux 14. Conclusion: From research to action Brigitte Mantilleri