Date of Award
1991
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Psychology
Abstract
The existence of sex discrimination in American college classrooms, and the harmful effects of such discrimination on women students have been well established. The present study sought to determine if exposure to women's education could aid students in overcoming some of these deleterious effects. Twenty-eight female introductory psychology students and eleven women's studies students read various pieces of research and discussed the readings in experimental sessions. The introductory psychology students in the control group were educated about various well documented gender differences, while the introductory psychology and women's studies students in the experimental groups learned about sex discrimination in college classrooms. Subjects completed questionnaires asking about discriminatory behavior in their classes. Results showed that subjects exposed to feminist education had a higher awareness of several types of sex biased behavior in the college setting.
Recommended Citation
Riley, Shannon, "The benefits of women's education : warming up a cold college climate for women undergraduates" (1991). Honors Theses. 510.
https://scholarship.richmond.edu/honors-theses/510