A Postcolonial Feminist Critique of Harem Analogies in Psychological Science

Since the 1930s, psychologists have used the term harem as an analogy for social relations among animals. In doing so they draw upon gendered and racial stereotypes located in the history of colonialism. We present an experimental study on the harem analogy as a means of confronting and challenging...

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Main Authors: Natasha Bharj, Peter Hegarty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PsychOpen GOLD/ Leibniz Institute for Psychology 2015-08-01
Series:Journal of Social and Political Psychology
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Online Access:http://jspp.psychopen.eu/article/view/133