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

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; 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 Bryan 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

doi:10.1002/ejsp.2696

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

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, 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 Bryan 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

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1276-1291
Number of pages	16
Journal	European Journal of Social Psychology
Volume	50
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2696
Publication status	Published - Oct 2020

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

Keywords

ally behaviour
collective action
culture
gender inequality
hostile sexism
status threats

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Kosakowska-Berezecka, N., Besta, T., Bosson, J. K., Jurek, P., Vandello, J. A., Best, D. L., Wlodarczyk, A., Safdar, S., Zawisza, M., Żadkowska, M., Sobiecki, J., Agyemang, C. B., Akbaş, G., Ammirati, S., Anderson, J., Anjum, G., Aruta, J. J. B. R., Ashraf, M., Bakaitytė, A., ... 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

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

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