The structure of attitudes toward persons who are deaf: emotions, values, and stereotypes.

The relative effects of affect, cognition, and stereotyping on attitudes toward persons who are deaf were studied, Respondents (N = 175) were initially asked to list terms of phrases that described (a) a typical persons who is deaf, (b) the feelings the respondent experienced when thinking of a typical person who is deaf, and (c) beliefs about how a typical person who is deaf either facilitates of blocks cherished values held by the respondent. Then, each respondent evaluated as positive or negative each of the terms or phrases he or she wrote down. The relative effects of personality variables and structural variables on prejudicial attitudes were also assessed. Affect and past experience figured prominently in respondents' attitudes toward people who are deaf. Explanations for these findings and the implications of these results for prejudice formation and reduction were explored, especially in light of the passage, implementation, and enforcement of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Gender differences in perceptions of household labor.

The perceptions of household labor contributions of 277 individuals were examined. At the time of the study, participants were married or cohabiting, although no couples participated. The relationship between perceptions of contributions to household labor and the independent variables of gender ideology, a wife's relative contribution to family income, a husband's time availability, and family demographic variables were studied. Responses of people in dual-earner arrangements were compared with responses of people in households in which the woman was a full-time homemaker. In dual-earner families, the woman's relative contribution to family income and number of children were negatively associated with perceptions of her contributions to household tasks relative to those of her partner. In both dual-earner arrangements and situations in which the wife was a full-time homemaker, a statistically significant association was found between the perceived division of household labor and gender. Women were more likely than men to report that a women contributes significantly more to housework than the man. Men in dual-earner relationships reported the smallest contribution to household labor by women.