Good for the goose and good for the gander: Examining positive psychological benefits of male allyship for men and women.

Warren, Meg A.; Bordoloi, Samit Dipon; Warren, Michael T.

doi:10.1037/men0000355

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“…Shore et al (2011) and Jansen et al (2014) conceptualize inclusion as having a sense of belonging as well as feeling valued by others in the workplace. While discrimination is associated with poorer well-being (Deitch et al, 2003) and greater stress (Pascoe & Smart Richman, 2009), feelings of inclusion predict enthusiasm and vitality (Warren et al, 2021).…”

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So you think you are an ally? Effects of (in)congruence between men's self-perceptions and women's perceptions of men’s values and allyship on women's inclusion and vitality

Warren¹,

Schwam²

2021

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As public consciousness of sexism is increasing in the workplace (e.g., #MeToo movement), labeling oneself as an ally (e.g., UN HeforShe campaign) is becoming more socially desirable for men. However, do women agree with such men in their assessments of being allies? In particular, how do women’s perspectives of men’s allyship affect their own inclusion-relevant outcomes? Using a multi-informant design and data from 101 men-women colleague pairs, this study considered men’s self-perceptions and women’s other-reports of men’s key allyship-relevant characteristics - justice, moral courage, emotional intelligence, civility, and allyship. Polynomial regression and response surface analyses revealed differential impacts of (in)congruence between men’s and women’s perceptions on women’s sense of inclusion and vitality. Simply, when women perceived men as higher (or the same) in justice, moral courage, emotional intelligence, and civility than men reported themselves, it positively predicted women’s outcomes. This suggests that humble self-presentation by men on characteristics that are parallel to allyship (but not allyship) may be ideal. Yet, both under- and over-estimation by men on allyship itself predicted poorer outcomes for women, suggesting that the ideal is for men to have an accurate assessment of their own strengths and weaknesses as an ally.

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So you think you are an ally? Effects of (in)congruence between men's self-perceptions and women's perceptions of men’s values and allyship on women's inclusion and vitality

Warren¹,

Schwam²

2021

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“…Similarly, the role of gender identification among men witnessing the exclusion of women is understudied. Although men allies are important in challenging gender inequality (Moser & Branscombe, 2022;Warren et al, 2021), their solidarity with women may depend on how men identify with their gender ingroup (DiMuccio & Knowles, 2020;Golec de Zavala & Bierwiaczonek, 2021;Górska et al, 2020;Kosakowska-Berezecka et al, 2020).…”

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Conditional Parochial Vicarious Ostracism: Gender Collective Narcissism Predicts Distress at the Exclusion of the Gender Ingroup in Women and Men

Zavala

2022

Sex Roles

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Three experiments (two pre-registered) tested whether gender collective narcissism (i.e., a belief that one’s gender ingroup’s exceptionality is not sufficiently recognized by others) predicts parochial vicarious ostracism (i.e., feeling ostracized and distressed while recognizing the gender ingroup’s exclusion, but not when recognizing the exclusion of the gender outgroup). In all studies (overall N = 1480), gender collective narcissism was positively associated with distress among women who witnessed the exclusion of women, but not among men who witnessed the exclusion of women. In Study 3, gender collective narcissism was positively associated with distress among men who witnessed the exclusion of men, but not among women who witnessed the exclusion of men. These findings help explain why men do not universally feel distressed by the discrimination of women and why some women may mobilize to challenge gender discrimination.

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Male privilege awareness and relational well-being at work: An allyship pathway.

Yoon¹,

Joshi²,

Dang³

2023

Psychology of Men & Masculinities

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To address long-standing gender inequity in the workplace, scholars and practitioners have called for men to enact ally work to better support and advocate for women at work. Integrating prior research on allyship with positive organizational scholarship, we propose an enrichment-based perspective on allyship that suggests that male allyship is a mechanism by which male privilege awareness translates into relational well-being at work. We theorize that the relational benefits of male allyship could offset the previously studied costs of engaging in allyship at work. While past research has highlighted barriers to men's involvement in genderparity initiatives, we find that men can mobilize social support by engaging in intergroup helping behaviors at work. Using a sample of male supervisors in the United States, Study 1 finds that male privilege awareness has a positive impact on male allyship at work. In addition, Study 2 shows that male allyship mediates the relationship between male privilege awareness and men's relational well-being at work. All in all, our study shows that men can reap relational benefits following their enactment of allyship and that male privilege awareness is an important antecedent in this process. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of our findings. Public Significance StatementTaking an enrichment-based perspective on allyship, our study shows that male allyship guided by privilege awareness leads to men's relational well-being at work. When men introspect about their privilege, they not only help their female colleagues but also help themselves by reaping relational benefits: They experience heightened belongingness at work and receive greater support from colleagues.

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Good for the goose and good for the gander: Examining positive psychological benefits of male allyship for men and women.

Cited by 30 publications

References 44 publications

So you think you are an ally? Effects of (in)congruence between men's self-perceptions and women's perceptions of men’s values and allyship on women's inclusion and vitality

So you think you are an ally? Effects of (in)congruence between men's self-perceptions and women's perceptions of men’s values and allyship on women's inclusion and vitality

Conditional Parochial Vicarious Ostracism: Gender Collective Narcissism Predicts Distress at the Exclusion of the Gender Ingroup in Women and Men

Male privilege awareness and relational well-being at work: An allyship pathway.

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