Country‐level and individual‐level predictors of men's support for gender equality in 42 countries

Men sometimes withdraw support for gender equality movements when their higher gender status is threatened. Here, we expand the focus of this phenomenon by examining it cross‐culturally, to test if both individual‐ and country‐level variables predict men's collective action intentions to suppor...

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Published in:	European journal of social psychology Vol. 50; no. 6; pp. 1276 - 1291
Main Authors:	Kosakowska‐Berezecka, Natasza, Besta, Tomasz, Bosson, Jennifer K., Jurek, Paweł, Vandello, Joesph A., Best, Deborah L., Wlodarczyk, Anna, Safdar, Saba, Zawisza, Magdalena, Żadkowska, Magdalena, Sobiecki, Jurand, Agyemang, Collins Badu, Akbaş, Gülçin, Ammirati, Soline, Anderson, Joel, Anjum, Gulnaz, Aruta, John Jamir Benzon R., Ashraf, Mujeeba, Bakaitytė, Aistė, Bi, Chongzeng, Becker, Maja, Bender, Michael, Bërxulli, Dashamir, Bosak, Janine, Daalmans, Serena, Dandy, Justine, Lemus, Soledad, Dvorianchikov, Nikolay, Etchezahar, Edgardo, Froehlich, Laura, Gavreliuc, Alin, Gavreliuc, Dana, Gomez, Ángel, Greijdanus, Hedy, Grigoryan, Ani, Hale, Miriam‐Linnea, Hämer, Hannah, Hoorens, Vera, Hutchings, Paul B., Jensen, Dorthe Høj, Kelmendi, Kaltrina, Khachatryan, Narine, Kinahan, Mary, Kozlowski, Desiree, Lauri, Mary Anne, Li, Junyi, Maitner, Angela T., Makashvili, Ana, Mancini, Tiziana, Martiny, Sarah E., Đorđević, Jasna Milošević, Moreno‐Bella, Eva, Moscatelli, Silvia, Bryan Moynihan, Andrew, Muller, Dominique, Ochoa, Danielle, Adebayo, Sulaiman Olanrewaju, Pacilli, Maria Giuseppina, Palacio, Jorge, Patnaik, Snigdha, Pavlopoulos, Vassilis, Piterová, Ivana, Puzio, Angelica, Pyrkosz‐Pacyna, Joanna, Rentería‐Pérez, Erico, Rousseaux, Tiphaine, Sainz, Mario, Salvati, Marco, Samekin, Adil, García‐Sánchez, Efraín, Schindler, Simon, Sherbaji, Sara, Sobhie, Rosita, Sulejmanović, Dijana, Sullivan, Katie E., Torre, Beatriz, Torres, Claudio V., Ungaretti, Joaquín, Valshtein, Timothy, Laar, Colette, Noll, Jolanda, Vasiutynskyi, Vadym, Vohra, Neharika, Zapata‐Calvente, Antonella Ludmila, Žukauskienė, Rita
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Bognor Regis Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01-10-2020 Wiley
Subjects:	ally behaviour Cognitive science Collective action culture Equality Gender equity Gender inequality hostile sexism Men Moderation Psychology Sexism status threats
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Summary:	Men sometimes withdraw support for gender equality movements when their higher gender status is threatened. Here, we expand the focus of this phenomenon by examining it cross‐culturally, to test if both individual‐ and country‐level variables predict men's collective action intentions to support gender equality. We tested a model in which men's zero‐sum beliefs about gender predict reduced collective action intentions via an increase in hostile sexism. Because country‐level gender equality may threaten men's higher gender status, we also examined whether the path from zero‐sum beliefs to collective action intentions was stronger in countries higher in gender equality. Multilevel modeling on 6,734 men from 42 countries supported the individual‐level mediation model, but found no evidence of moderation by country‐level gender equality. Both country‐level gender equality and individual‐level zero‐sum thinking independently predicted reductions in men's willingness to act collectively for gender equality.
ISSN:	0046-2772 1099-0992
DOI:	10.1002/ejsp.2696