The stereotype of women as warm and caring but incompetent and men as competent but not warm (Fiske et al., 2002) is consistent with the Victorian notion of the Cult of True Womanhood and with the Male Gender Role Identity. Are women and men still measured by these standards, or have the changes in women’s and men’s behaviours produced changes in the stereotypes and broadened the boundaries of acceptable behaviours for men and women?
The content of gender stereotypes may be analysed into four separate components that people use to differentiate male from female—traits, behaviours, physical characteristics, and occupations (Deaux & Lewis, 1984). All these components are relatively independent, but people associate one set of features from each of these with women and another set with men. On the basis of knowledge of one dimension, people extend judgments to the other three. Figure 7.2 shows the components of this model; the arrows indicate the associations people make among components. Given a gender label for a target person, people will make inferences concerning the person’s appearance, traits, gender role behaviours, and occupation. Information about one component can affect inferences made about the others, and people will attempt to maintain consistency among the components.
女性的温暖和关怀，但不称职的，男性的刻板印象，能干，但不温（费斯克等人，2002）与维多利亚的概念的邪教真女大十八变，与男性的性别角色认同是一致的。妇女和男子仍然用这些标准衡量，还是有男性和女性的变化，女性和男性的行为产生变化的刻板印象，并扩大了可接受的行为边界？
可分析性别刻板印象的内容分为四个独立的组件，人们用它来区分男性从女性特质，行为，身体特征，和的的职业（Deaux＆Lewis公司，1984年）。所有这些组件都是相对独立的，但人们从这些妇女和另一组人关联的一组功能。一维的知识的基础上，人扩展到其他三个判断。图7.2显示了这种模式的组成部分;箭头指示使组件之间的关联人。给定一个的性别标签为目标的人，人们会做出推论，关于一个人的外貌，性格，性别角色行为，和职业。的一个组成部分的信息可以影响推论的其他人会尝试保持一致的组件之间。
