American Men’s and Women’s Beliefs about Gender Discrimination: For Men, It’s Not Quite a Zero-Sum Game
We surveyed Americans regarding their beliefs about gender discrimination over the past several decades. Men and women agreed that women faced much more discrimination than men in the past, and they agreed that the discrimination gap between men and women has narrowed in recent years. However, men p...
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| author | Jennifer Katherine Bosson Joseph A. Vandello Kenneth S. Michniewicz Joshua Guy Lenes |
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| description | We surveyed Americans regarding their beliefs about gender discrimination over the past several decades. Men and women agreed that women faced much more discrimination than men in the past, and they agreed that the discrimination gap between men and women has narrowed in recent years. However, men perceived the gap as narrower than women did at all time periods, and reported that there is little difference today in the amount of gender discrimination women and men face. Political ideology moderated these beliefs such that conservative men were most likely to report that anti-Man bias now equals or exceeds anti-Woman bias. Similar to recent research on beliefs about racism, these findings suggest that groups which differ historically in status and power exhibit perceptual differences regarding the changing nature of discrimination. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f96501c768d942e0bead19f95dba90ff2022-12-22T00:35:37ZengHipatia PressMasculinities and Social Change2014-36052012-10-011310.4471/mcs.2012.14American Men’s and Women’s Beliefs about Gender Discrimination: For Men, It’s Not Quite a Zero-Sum GameJennifer Katherine Bosson0Joseph A. Vandello1Kenneth S. Michniewicz2Joshua Guy Lenes3University of South FloridaUniversity of South FloridaUniversity of South FloridaUniversity of South FloridaWe surveyed Americans regarding their beliefs about gender discrimination over the past several decades. Men and women agreed that women faced much more discrimination than men in the past, and they agreed that the discrimination gap between men and women has narrowed in recent years. However, men perceived the gap as narrower than women did at all time periods, and reported that there is little difference today in the amount of gender discrimination women and men face. Political ideology moderated these beliefs such that conservative men were most likely to report that anti-Man bias now equals or exceeds anti-Woman bias. Similar to recent research on beliefs about racism, these findings suggest that groups which differ historically in status and power exhibit perceptual differences regarding the changing nature of discrimination.https://hipatiapress.com/hpjournals/index.php/mcs/article/view/388Gender discriminationSexismGender differencesIntergroup conflictPolitical ideology |
| spellingShingle | Jennifer Katherine Bosson Joseph A. Vandello Kenneth S. Michniewicz Joshua Guy Lenes American Men’s and Women’s Beliefs about Gender Discrimination: For Men, It’s Not Quite a Zero-Sum Game Masculinities and Social Change Gender discrimination Sexism Gender differences Intergroup conflict Political ideology |
| title | American Men’s and Women’s Beliefs about Gender Discrimination: For Men, It’s Not Quite a Zero-Sum Game |
| title_full | American Men’s and Women’s Beliefs about Gender Discrimination: For Men, It’s Not Quite a Zero-Sum Game |
| title_fullStr | American Men’s and Women’s Beliefs about Gender Discrimination: For Men, It’s Not Quite a Zero-Sum Game |
| title_full_unstemmed | American Men’s and Women’s Beliefs about Gender Discrimination: For Men, It’s Not Quite a Zero-Sum Game |
| title_short | American Men’s and Women’s Beliefs about Gender Discrimination: For Men, It’s Not Quite a Zero-Sum Game |
| title_sort | american men s and women s beliefs about gender discrimination for men it s not quite a zero sum game |
| topic | Gender discrimination Sexism Gender differences Intergroup conflict Political ideology |
| url | https://hipatiapress.com/hpjournals/index.php/mcs/article/view/388 |
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