1. Gender Schema Theory

2. KEY CONCEPTS Schema A set of interrelated ideas that guides and organizes the way an individual processes and makes sense of information Three types: self schema, group schema, and event schema Habitus And Field Habitus: subjective social processes... a set of acquired patterns of thought, behavior, and taste Field: objective social processes... laws or systems of relationships that may constrain our behavior or attitudes Gender Schema Theory Gender identities are part of our habitus Habitus is structured through interactions with our field Fields change, but incompletely

3. KEY CONCEPTS Schema A set of interrelated ideas that guides and organizes the way an individual processes and makes sense of information Three types: self schema, group schema, and event schema Habitus And Field Habitus: subjective social processes... a set of acquired patterns of thought, behavior, and taste Field: objective social processes... laws or systems of relationships that may constrain our behavior or attitudes Gender Schema Theory Gender identities are part of our habitus Habitus is structured through interactions with our field Fields change, but incompletely

4. KEY CONCEPTS Schema A set of interrelated ideas that guides and organizes the way an individual processes and makes sense of information Three types: self schema, group schema, and event schema Habitus And Field Habitus: subjective social processes... a set of acquired patterns of thought, behavior, and taste Field: objective social processes... laws or systems of relationships that may constrain our behavior or attitudes Gender Schema Theory Gender identities are part of our habitus Habitus is structured through interactions with our field Fields change, but incompletely

5. KEY CONCEPTS Schema A set of interrelated ideas that guides and organizes the way an individual processes and makes sense of information Three types: self schema, group schema, and event schema Habitus And Field Habitus: subjective social processes... a set of acquired patterns of thought, behavior, and taste Field: objective social processes... laws or systems of relationships that may constrain our behavior or attitudes Gender Schema Theory Gender identities are part of our habitus Habitus is structured through interactions with our field Fields change, but incompletely

6. Can we let her go to the bathroom outside? Does it matter if other people are around?

7. Does location matter? Does the baby’s sex matter?

8. What happens if Wilma has two kids of different genders and Fred leaves? How is the addition of this building a change in field? How does it change the decisions that have to be made?