Gender Stereotyping in Singaporean Children

Abstract

To examine the pattern of gender stereotyping in Singaporean children, 40 5year-old and 40 8-year-old subjects were administered the Sex Stereotype Measurement II (SSMII). Although a 2 (subject sex) x 2 (stereotype sex) x 2 (age) analysis of variance revealed that overall the male stereotype was better recognised than the female stereotype and that own-sex rather than opposite-sex stereotypes were more familiar, these findings were qualified by a third-order interaction with age. These data were also compared with SSMII children's data from 24 countries, indicating that Singaporean 5-yearolds produced high stereotype scores but that 8-year-olds fell within a median range.