Country-level and individual-level predictors of men's support for gender equality in 42 countries
Authors/Creators
- Natasza Kosakowska-Berezecka
- Tomasz Besta
- Jennifer K. Bosson
- Paweł Jurek
- Joesph A. Vandello
- Deborah L. Best
- Anna Wlodarczyk
- Saba Safdar
- Magdalena Zawisza
- Magdalena Żadkowska
- Jurand Sobiecki
- Collins Badu Agyemang
- Gülçin Akbaş
- Soline Ammirati
- Joel Anderson
- Gulnaz Anjum
- John Jamir Benzon R. Aruta
- Mujeeba Ashraf
- Aistė Bakaitytė
- Chongzeng Bi
- Maja Becker
- Michael Bender
- Dashamir Bërxulli
- Janine Bosak
- Serena Daalmans
- Justine Dandy, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
- Soledad de Lemus
- Nikolay Dvorianchikov
- Edgardo Etchezahar
- Laura Froehlich
- Alin Gavreliuc
- Dana Gavreliuc
- Ángel Gomez
- Hedy Greijdanus
- Ani Grigoryan
- Miriam-Linnea Hale
- Hannah Hämer
- Vera Hoorens
- Paul B. Hutchings
- Dorthe Høj Jensen
- Kaltrina Kelmendi
- Narine Khachatryan
- Mary Kinahan
- Desiree Kozlowski
- Mary Anne Lauri
- Junyi Li
- Angela T. Maitner
- Ana Makashvili
- Tiziana Mancini
- Sarah E. Martiny
- Jasna Milošević Đorđević
- Eva Moreno-Bella
- Silvia Moscatelli
- Andrew B. Moynihan
- Dominique Muller
- Danielle Ochoa
- Sulaiman Olanrewaju Adebayo
- Maria Giuseppina Pacilli
- Jorge Palacio
- Snigdha Patnaik
- Vassilis Pavlopoulos
- Ivana Piterová
- Angelica Puzio
- Joanna Pyrkosz-Pacyna
- Erico Rentería‐Pérez
- Tiphaine Rousseaux
- Mario Sainz
- Marco Salvati
- Adil Samekin
- Efraín García‐Sánchez
- Simon Schindler
- Sara Sherbaji
- Rosita Sobhie
- Dijana Sulejmanović
- Katie E. Sullivan
- Beatriz Torre
- Claudio V. Torres
- Joaquín Ungaretti
- Timothy Valshtein
- Colette Van Laar
- Jolanda van der Noll
- Vadym Vasiutynskyi
- Neharika Vohra
- Antonella Ludmila Zapata‐Calvente
- Rita Žukauskienė
Abstract
© 2020 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 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.
Keywords
ally behaviour, collective action, culture, gender inequality, hostile sexism, status threats
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of Publication
2020
ISSN
00462772
Publication Title
European Journal of Social Psychology
Publisher
Wiley
School
School of Arts and Humanities
RAS ID
35253
Funders
Narodowe Centrum Nauki University of Brasilia Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia
Copyright
subscription content
First Page
1
Last Page
16
Comments
Kosakowska‐Berezecka, N., Besta, T., Bosson, J. K., Jurek, P., Vandello, J. A., Best, D. L., ... & Žukauskienė, R. (2020). Country‐level and individual‐level predictors of men's support for gender equality in 42 countries. European Journal of Social Psychology, 50(6), 1276-1291. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2696