The Impact of Laws on Norms Perceptions

Eisner, Léïla; Turner-Zwinkels, Felicity Mary; Spini, Dario

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“…Study 2 also indicates that the relationship between interpersonal context and disclosure may be larger because it is more closely reflected in respondents' perceptions of their environment. Future research may study which aspects of government policy are most impactful upon public perception (Eisner et al, 2021) in order to equip policy makers with the ability to more effectively impact the lives of their sexual minority constituents.…”

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Assessing societal attitudes’ and laws’ independent associations with sexual minority disclosure behaviors

Katz¹

2021

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Sexual minorities (i.e., lesbian women, gay men, and bi/pansexual people) are uniquely challenged with deciding when to disclose their socially stigmatized identity. The current investigation examines how a country’s structural support (i.e., laws and policies related to sexual minorities) and interpersonal tolerance (i.e., public opinion regarding sexual minorities) factor into sexual minorities’ decision to disclose. Study 1 examined a representative population sample (n = 114,098) and found that willingness to spontaneously disclose sexual minority status was predicted by interpersonal tolerance to a moderate degree and structural support to a small degree. Study 2 replicated these findings in a community sample of sexual minorities (n = 93,079), using a dimensional measure of disclosure across contexts. Furthermore, exploratory indirect effects analyses found that these contextual factors impacted disclosure via respondents’ perceptions of their environment. Taken together, the current investigation highlights how sexual minorities assess their environments and manage their public identities accordingly.

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Assessing societal attitudes’ and laws’ independent associations with sexual minority disclosure behaviors

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2021

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Does Enhancing Paid Maternity Leave Policy Help Promote Gender Equality? Evidence from 31 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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Globally, women continue to have less economic decision-making power and face gender-unequal norms at work. Little is known about the impact of national public policies on norms surrounding equality. We examined the impact of extending paid maternity leave policy on decision making in the household and gender norms in the workplace, specifically whether women have sole or joint decision-making power with respect to large household purchases and whether women are perceived as having an equal right to jobs when jobs are scarce. We used difference-in-differences models to analyze the impact of increasing paid maternity leave on outcomes measured in the Demographic Health Surveys and World Values Surveys collected in 31 low- and middle-income countries. A one-month increase in the legislated duration of paid maternity leave increased the odds that women and their partners/spouses reported that women had more decision-making power by 40% (95% CI 1.14, 1.70) and 66% (95% CI 1.36, 2.03), respectively. A one-month increase in the legislated duration of paid maternity leave was associated with 41.5 percentage-point increase in the prevalence of individuals disagreeing with the statement that “when jobs are scarce, men should have more right to a job than women.” More generous maternity leave increases gender equality in economic decision making in the household and improves gender norms related to work. Future studies should examine the impact of paternity leave and non-discrimination policy, as well as other large-scale policies aiming to improve gender equality at work and at home.

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The Impact of Laws on Norms Perceptions

Cited by 2 publications

References 24 publications

Assessing societal attitudes’ and laws’ independent associations with sexual minority disclosure behaviors

Assessing societal attitudes’ and laws’ independent associations with sexual minority disclosure behaviors

Does Enhancing Paid Maternity Leave Policy Help Promote Gender Equality? Evidence from 31 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

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