Feminism-Article Analysis

While looking at these Tumblr posts and reading the article concerning these posts, they reflect outgroup bias in the sense that they both have a negative outlook toward the feminist because they lack true knowledge concerning the group. Depending on the person, feminism can mean an array of things. According to our text, “we tend to hold unfavorable attitudes toward outgroup interactions because of our ignorance of their cultural values and norms” (pg. 43). Looking at the Tumblr posts, half of them didn’t need feminism while the other half needed feminism. As the article pointed out, “it’s not a gender issue, it’s a humanity issue.” In my opinion, feminism will always be an issue. There are so many cultures and ultimately, a lot of views regarding issues such as this that I don’t think it will completely go away. It’s an issue we as a society and other cultures view as either negative or positive depending on what our beliefs are. Regarding attribution errors, the feminist issue represents two biases: fundamental attribution error and principle of negativity. Fundamental attribution error is when one overestimates …show more content…
According to our text, “prejudice generally describes an individual’s feelings and predispositions toward outgroup members in a negative way” (171). This can be seen in the Tumblr posts. Some posts were negative while others were more positive regarding their personal feelings. However, prejudice can take many forms. They can either be remarks or just innocent jokes. It all depends how one takes what’s being presented. Discrimination can also be seen in this issue. Discrimination “refers to the verbal and nonverbal actions that carry out prejudiced attitudes. Discrimination can come in many forms too. This goes back to the assumption only females are affected by this issue. In fact, males are affected by this issue too. It may be in different forms, but it