Country-level and Individual-level Predictors of Men's Support for Gender Equality in 42 Countries

Natasza Kosakowska-Berezecka, University of Gdańsk
Tomasz Besta, University of Gdańsk
Jennifer K. Bosson, University of South FloridaFollow
Paweł Jurek, University of Gdańsk
Joesph A. Vandello, University of South FloridaFollow
Deborah L. Best, Wake Forest University
Anna Wlodarczyk, Universidad Católica del Norte, Antofagasta, Chile
Saba Safdar, University of Guelph
Magdalena Zawisza, Anglia Ruskin University
Magdalena Żadkowska, University of Gdańsk
Jurand Sobiecki, University of Gdańsk
Collins Badu Agyemang, University of Ghana
Gülçin Akbaş, Atilim University
Soline Ammirati, Université Grenoble Alpes, Saint-Martin-d' Heres, France
Joel Anderson, Australian Catholic University
Gulnaz Anjum, Institute of Business Administration
John Jamir Aruta, De La Salle University
Mujeeba Ashraf, University of the Punjab
Aistė Bakaitytė, Mykolas Romeris University
Chongzeng Bi, Southwest University
Maja Becker, CLLE, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UT2J, Toulouse, France
Michael Bender, Tilburg University
Dashamir Bërxulli, University of Prishtina
Janine Bosak, Dublin City University
Serena Daalmans, Radboud University Nijmegen
Justine Dandy, Edith Cowan University
Soledad de Lemus, University of Granada
Nikolay Dvorianchikov, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education
Edgardo Etchezahar, University of Buenos Aires
Laura Froehlich, FernUniversität in Hagen, Hagen, Germany
Alin Gavreliuc, West University of Timisoara
Dana Gavreliuc, West University of Timisoara
Ángel Gomez, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, Madrid, Spain
Hedy Greijdanus, University of Groningen
Ani Grigoryan, Yerevan State University
Miriam-Linnea Hale, University of Luxembourg
Hannah Hämer, University of Brasilia
Vera Hoorens, University of Leuven (KU Leuven)
Paul B. Hutchings, University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Dorthe Høj Jensen, Aarhus University
Kaltrina Kelmendi, University of Prishtina
Narine Khachatryan, Yerevan State University
Mary Kinahan, Technological University Dublin
Desiree Kozlowski, Southern Cross University
Mary Anne Lauri, University of Malta
Junyi Li, Sichuan Normal University
Angela T. Maitner, American University of Sharjah
Ana Makashvili, Ilia State University
Tiziana Mancini, University of Parma
Sarah E. Martiny, UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Jasna Milošević Đorđević, Faculty of Media and Communication, Belgrade, Serbia
Eva Moreno-Bella, University of Granada
Silvia Moscatelli, University of Bologna
Andrew Bryan Moynihan, University of Limerick
Dominique Muller, Université Grenoble Alpes, Saint-Martin-d' Heres, France
Danielle Ochoa, University of the Philippines Diliman
Sulaiman Olanrewaju Adebayo, Ekiti State University
Maria Giuseppina Pacilli, University of Perugia
Jorge Palacio, Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla, Colombia
Snigdha Patnaik, Xavier University of Bhubaneswar
Vassilis Pavlopoulos, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Ivana Piterová, Institute of Social Sciences
Angelica Puzio, New York University
Joanna Pyrkosz-Pacyna, AGH University of Science and Technology
Erico Rentería-Pérez, University of Valle
Tiphaine Rousseaux, CLLE, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, UT2J, Toulouse, France
Mario Sainz, University of Monterrey
Marco Salvati, Sapienza University of Rome
Adil Samekin, Toraighyrov University
Efraín García-Sánchez, University of Granada
Simon Schindler, University of Kassel
Sara Sherbaji, American University of Sharjah
Rosita Sobhie, Anton de Kom University of Suriname
Dijana Sulejmanović, University of Bihac
Katie E. Sullivan, University of Wales Trinity Saint David
Beatriz Torre, University of the Philippines Diliman
Claudio V. Torres, University of Brasilia
Joaquín Ungaretti, University of Buenos Aires
Timothy Valshtein, New York University
Colette Van Laar, University of Leuven (KU Leuven)
Jolanda van Noll, FernUniversität in Hagen, Hagen, Germany
Vadym Vasiutynskyi, Institute of Social and Political Psychology
Neharika Vohra, Indian Institute of Management
Antonella Ludmila Zapata-Calvente, University of Granada
Rita Žukauskienė, Mykolas Romeris University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2020

Keywords

ally behaviour, collective action, culture, gender inequality, hostile sexism, status threats

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2696

Abstract

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.

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European Journal of Social Psychology, v. 50, issue 6, p. 1276-1291

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