Shake It Baby, Shake It”

Media Preferences, Sexual Attitudes and Gender Stereotypes Among Adolescents

Bibliographic Data

ID11999321
AuthorsTom Ter Bogt (0000-0001-6819-4831, Utrecht University, corresponding author), Tom F M Ter Bogt, Rutger C M E Engels (0000-0003-1944-9126, Radboud University Nijmegen), Sanne Bogers (Utrecht University), Monique Kloosterman (Utrecht University)
Year2010
Volume63
Issue11-12
Pages844-859
Publication date2010-08-26
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSex Roles (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0360-0025 • E-ISSN: 1573-2762
PublisherSpringer Science+Business Media (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1007/s11199-010-9815-1
PMID21212809
PMCIDPMC2993884
OpenAlexW2117515113
LanguageEN
Citations received49
References cited60

In this study exposure to and preferences for three important youth media (TV, music styles/music TV, internet) were examined in relation to adolescents' permissive sexual attitudes and gender stereotypes (i.e., views of men as sex-driven and tough, and of women as sex objects). Multivariate structural analysis of data from a school-based sample of 480 13 to 16-year-old Dutch students revealed that preferences, rather than exposure were associated with attitudes and stereotypes. For both girls and boys, preferences for hip-hop and hard-house music were associated positively with gender stereotypes and preference for classical music was negatively associated with gender stereotypes. Particularly for boys, using internet to find explicit sexual content emerged as a powerful indicator of all attitudes and stereotypes

Developmental psychology · Permissive · Preference · Shake · The Internet · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Media, Gender, and Advertising · Psychology · Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology · Social Psychology