Anti-feminist backlash: The role of system justification in the rejection of feminism

Yeung, Amy W. Y.; Kay, Aaron C.; Peach, Jennifer M.

doi:10.1177/1368430213514121

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“…A motivation to justify the unjust GD may lead individuals to endorse explanations that portray gender differences as stemming from deep, innate natural causes (Brescoll, Uhlmann, & Newman, 2013). System justification theory suggests that people have an essential motive to view their social system as just, fair, and good and will engage in different strategies to justify the status quo (Jost, Banaji, & Nosek, 2004;Sidanius & Pratto, 1999, Yeung, Kay, & Peach, 2014.…”

Section: Dynamics Of Coping To Gdmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender Discrimination (GD): A Conceptual Trauma-Based Framework for GD and the Development of Gender Discrimination Inventory

Kira¹,

Hanaa²,

Bujold-Bugeaud³

2015

PSYCH

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A comprehensive plausible conceptual model of Gender Discrimination (GD) and accurate measures of its components are lacking. Current study developed a conceptual model of GD derived from the development-based trauma framework (DBT) and constructed measures for GD and its coping dynamics and tested them in two studies on Egyptian female college students. The first study conducted on a sample of 150, and the second study conducted on 311 participants. Exploratory factor analysis in the first sample, and confirmatory factor analysis in the second sample confirmed three components of GD (GD by parents attitudes, GD by parents behavior, and GD by society), and three components of GD coping dynamics (gender identity conflict (GIC), internalized GD, and GD resistance). GD measures are found to have generally good reliability and stability, good construct, and predictive validity. Using path analysis in the second study, GD, controlling for other life traumas, predicted a significant decrease in self-esteem and self-efficacy and increase in existential anxiety, which mediated its effects on PTSD and complex PTSD. GIC and internalized GD further moderated GD effects. GD inventory that includes 6 measures with 33 items can be a parsimonious tool for future research on GD.

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Section: Dynamics Of Coping To Gdmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender Discrimination (GD): A Conceptual Trauma-Based Framework for GD and the Development of Gender Discrimination Inventory

Kira¹,

Hanaa²,

Bujold-Bugeaud³

2015

PSYCH

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“…Precisamente esta reprobación del feminismo se ve en muchas ocasiones reforzada por los argumentos que hacen que el feminismo o las personas feministas se vean representadas, frecuentemente por los medios de comunicación, como militantes y psicológicamente poco atractivas (Percy y Kremer, 1995), sin olvidar los estereotipos en cuanto a la apariencia física de tipo masculino a los que se suele asociar el término feminista, además de tantas otras connotaciones negativas. Una de las principales consecuencias de esto es que las mujeres se ven desanimadas a identificarse como tales, como ya expusimos al principio de este trabajo (Percy y Kremer, 1995;Swirsky y Angelone, 2014;Yeung et al, 2014). Existe una imagen conflictiva emergente en la que muchas mujeres apoyan los ideales feministas, pero no se identifican con ellos por la etiqueta negativa a la que se asocia y que psicológicamente implicaría la pertenencia a un grupo señalado por el resto de la sociedad y que contribuiría a una identidad social considerada como poco positiva, con la consiguiente repercusión en la autoestima (Tajfel y Turner, 1989).…”

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“…En su estudio, y en consonancia con los resultados de estudios con muestra española como el de Ferrer y Bosch (1998), encontraron que casi el 50% de las mujeres entrevistadas no querían identificarse con el feminismo debido al estigma asociado a esta ideología. Por su parte, el trabajo de Amy W. Yeung et al (2014) también plantea la hostilidad antifeminista como un factor importante en el hecho de que las personas, y especialmente las mujeres, no se consideren feministas. Los resultados de su estudio muestran un mayor rechazo de las ideas referidas a la igualdad entre mujeres y hombres cuando estas ideas procedían de personas que indicaban al grupo experimental que se consideraban feministas.…”

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Conocimiento y actitudes hacia el feminismo = Knowledge and attitudes toward feminism

Jiménez

Carrillo

Sánchez

2016

FEMERIS: Revista Multidisciplinar De Estudios De Género

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Resumen. A menudo el feminismo es definido en función de una imagen desfigurada del mismo, reforzada por mitos y estereotipos acompañados de sentimientos de rechazo de las personas a autodefinirse como feministas. La ruptura de este falso conocimiento y la formación de actitudes positivas hacia él contribuyen a la lucha contra el sistema patriarcal, lo que significaría un avance importante a nivel social. Este trabajo ha estudiado cómo la variable conocimiento sobre feminismo y la variable actitudes hacia el feminismo podrían ser predichas en función del sexo, el nivel de estudios, el sexismo y la edad. Para ello se elaboró un instrumento ad hoc que medía el conocimiento y las actitudes hacia el feminismo y se empleó una escala de sexismo. Los resultados mostraron que a medida que el conocimiento aumenta, la actitud hacia el feminismo es más positiva. Asimismo, la variable que predice significativamente la actitud hacia el feminismo, aunque no el conocimiento, es el nivel de estudios, comparando los estudios primarios con estudios no obligatorios universitarios o no universitarios. Estos resultados permiten destacar la importancia de una educación de base rica en contenidos actitudinales y de valores igualitarios donde se contrarresten las connotaciones negativas que continúan asociándose con los pensamientos feministas.Palabras clave: actitudes, conocimiento, feminismos, nivel educativo, sexismo.Abstract. Feminism is often defined in terms of a distorted image that is emphasized by myths and stereotypes which are accompanied by feelings of rejection from people to define themselves as feminists. The breakdown of this false knowledge and the formation of positive attitudes will contribute to the fight against the patriarchal system, and it would mean an important progress in our society. This work has studied how gender, educational level, sexism and age predict or not the knowledge about feminism and attitudes toward it. We used an ad hoc instrument about knowledge and attitudes toward feminism and a scale about sexism. Findings have shown that the more increase in knowledge, the more positive were the attitudes toward feminism. Furthermore, educational level was the only factor that predicted attitudes toward feminism, although not knowledge, comparing the lowest educational level with the others not compulsory educational levels. This highlights the importance of a primary education with egalitarian values and with a true image about feminism thoughts.

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“…The role of politicised identification may be complicated in matters of gender equality, especially when considered alongside men's identification with their own gender. Past research in Canada and the United States has shown that many men and women show ambivalence about and even hostility towards feminism (Yeung, Kay, & Peach, 2014). Additionally, both women and men from a US university were more likely to agree with feminist ideas or endorse covert feminism, rather than identify as feminists or endorse overt feminism (Burn et al, 2000).…”

Section: Politicised Identification: Focus On Feminismmentioning

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Mobilising Men: Ally Identities and Collective Action in Japan and the Philippines

Ochoa

Manalastas

Deguchi

et al. 2019

Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

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M en have an important role as allies in reducing discrimination against women. Following the Social Identity Model of Collective Action (SIMCA), we examined whether men's identification with women would predict their allied collective action, alongside moral convictions, efficacy, and anger. We also examined whether identification with their own ingroup would decrease their willingness to improve women's situation. We tested the SIMCA, extended to consider ingroup identification among men, in Japan (N = 103) and the Philippines (N = 131). Consistent with the SIMCA, moral convictions and group efficacy predicted men's willingness to engage in collective action to fight discrimination against women. However, anger was not significant, and identification with the advantaged and disadvantaged groups played different roles in the two countries. We discuss the possible role of norms and legitimacy in society in explaining the pattern of results.

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Anti-feminist backlash: The role of system justification in the rejection of feminism

Cited by 38 publications

References 32 publications

Gender Discrimination (GD): A Conceptual Trauma-Based Framework for GD and the Development of Gender Discrimination Inventory

Gender Discrimination (GD): A Conceptual Trauma-Based Framework for GD and the Development of Gender Discrimination Inventory

Conocimiento y actitudes hacia el feminismo = Knowledge and attitudes toward feminism

Mobilising Men: Ally Identities and Collective Action in Japan and the Philippines

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