GRE课程
Gender socialization theory argues that learned gender stereotypes influence workers’ preferences for particular job attributes: men acquire the breadwinner role while women acquire the homemaker role, and workers therefore prefer job attributes related to these gender roles. Earlier research provides some support for this theory From the 1930s to the mid-1980s, studies documented significant differences between men’s and women’s job attribute preferences: men preferred earnings advancement and job security more than women did, whereas women valued coworker relationships and flexible work hours compatible with family responsibilities.
However, recent research has cast doubt on this explanation. Heckert found that although women rated job conditions such as flexible work hours higher than did men, there were no significant gender differences in workers’ attitudes toward pay or factors related to promotions.
The author suggests which of the following about Heckert’s research?
It cast doubt on gender socialization theory by undermining the view that gender roles are acquired through social conditioning.
It implies that differences in men’s and women’s preferences regarding job attributes have widened since the mid-1980s.
Its findings are not evidently explained by gender socialization theory.
Its findings differ from those of earlier studies in a way that can be explained by differences in research design.
Its findings may not accurately reflect changes in the ways that gender socialization affects workers job attribute preferences.
Select one answer choice.
