Recent events such as the US presidential campaign have polarised public opinion, particularly in terms of support for 'populist' political figures, e.g., Donald Trump, and the seemingly non-egalitarian ideologies that they promote. One might anticipate that disempowered social groups, such as women or sexual minorities, would reject 'right-wing populism', as it rarely appears to advocate their interests or facilitate their empowerment. Yet the existence of movements like 'Gays for Trump' and '#WomenWhoVoteTrump' indicate more complex patterns of support. How might we understand this from gender and sexualities perspectives? This paper presents the proceedings of a round table discussion. Our contributors, members of a cross-institutional social psychological Gender and Sexualities Research Group, each presented a brief five-minute interpretation of the phenomenon. They did so from gender and/or sexualities perspectives, drawing upon different social psychological theory. A chaired debate followed. Key themes from the round table are identified which are potentially helpful in understanding the phenomenon. The broader implications of these themes for practice and theory are considered in terms of the concept of 'safe identities'.
In: Kosakowska-Berezecka , N , Besta , T , Bosson , J K , Jurek , P , Vandello , J A , Best , D L , Wlodarczyk , A , Safdar , S , Zawisza , M , Zadkowska , M , Sobiecki , J , Agyemang , C B , Akbas , G , Ammirati , S , Anderson , J , Anjum , G , Aruta , J J B R , Ashraf , M , Bakaityte , A , Bi , C , Becker , M , Bender , M , Berxulli , D , Bosak , J , Daalmans , S , Dandy , J , de Lemus , S , Dvorianchikov , N , Etchezahar , E , Froehlich , L , Gavreliuc , A , Gavreliuc , D , Gomez , A , Greijdanus , H , Grigoryan , A , Hale , M-L , Hamer , H , Hoorens , V , Hutchings , P B , Jensen , D H , Kelmendi , K , Khachatryan , N , Kinahan , M , Kozlowski , D , Lauri , M A , Li , J , Maitner , A T , Makashvili , A , Mancini , T , Martiny , S E , Dordevic , J M , Moreno-Bella , E , Moscatelli , S , Moynihan , A B , Muller , D , Ochoa , D , Adebayo , S O , Pacilli , M G , Palacio , J , Patnaik , S , Pavlopoulos , V , Piterova , I , Puzio , A , Pyrkosz-Pacyna , J , Renteria-Perez , E , Rousseaux , T , Sainz , M , Salvati , M , Samekin , A , Garcia-Sanchez , E , Schindler , S , Sherbaji , S , Sobhie , R , Sulejmanovic , D , Sullivan , K E , Torre , B , Torres , C , Ungaretti , J , Valshtein , T , Van Laar , C , van der Noll , J , Vasiutynskyi , V , Vohra , N , Zapata-Calvente , A L & Zukauskiene , R 2020 , ' Country-level and individual-level predictors of men's support for gender equality in 42 countries ' , European Journal of Social Psychology , vol. 50 , no. 6 , pp. 1276-1291 . https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2696
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.
In: Kosakowska-Berezecka , N , Besta , T , Bosson , J K , Jurek , P , Vandello , J A , Best , D L , Wlodarczyk , A , Safdar , S , Zawisza , M , Zadkowska , M , Sobiecki , J , Agyemang , C B , Akbas , G , Ammirati , S , Anderson , J , Anjum , G , Aruta , J J B R , Ashraf , M , Bakaityte , A , Bi , C , Becker , M , Bender , M , Berxulli , D , Bosak , J , Daalmans , S , Dandy , J , de Lemus , S , Dvorianchikov , N , Etchezahar , E , Froehlich , L , Gavreliuc , A , Gavreliuc , D , Gomez , A , Greijdanus , H , Grigoryan , A , Hale , M-L , Hamer , H , Hoorens , V , Hutchings , P B , Jensen , D H , Kelmendi , K , Khachatryan , N , Kinahan , M , Kozlowski , D , Lauri , M A , Li , J , Maitner , A T , Makashvili , A , Mancini , T , Martiny , S E , Dordevic , J M , Moreno-Bella , E , Moscatelli , S , Moynihan , A B , Muller , D , Ochoa , D , Adebayo , S O , Pacilli , M G , Palacio , J , Patnaik , S , Pavlopoulos , V , Piterova , I , Puzio , A , Pyrkosz-Pacyna , J , Renteria-Perez , E , Rousseaux , T , Sainz , M , Salvati , M , Samekin , A , Garcia-Sanchez , E , Schindler , S , Sherbaji , S , Sobhie , R , Sulejmanovic , D , Sullivan , K E , Torre , B , Torres , C , Ungaretti , J , Valshtein , T , Van Laar , C , van der Noll , J , Vasiutynskyi , V , Vohra , N , Zapata-Calvente , A L & Zukauskiene , R 2020 , ' Country-level and Individual-level Predictors of Men's Support for Gender Equality in 42 Countries ' , European Journal of Social Psychology , vol. 50 , no. 6 , pp. 1276-1291 . https://doi.org/10.1002/ejsp.2696 ; ISSN:0046-2772
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.