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

KOSAKOWSKA-BEREZECKA, NATASZA; BESTA, TOMASZ; BOSSON, JENNIFER K.; JUREK, PAWE?; VANDELLO, JOESPH A.; BEST, DEBORAH L.; WLODARCZYK, ANNA; SAFDAR, SABA; ZAWISZA, MAGDALENA; ?ADKOWSKA, MAGDALENA; SOBIECKI, JURAND; AGYEMANG, COLLINS BADU; AKBA?, GÜLÇIN; AMMIRATI, SOLINE; ANDERSON, JOEL; ANJUM, GULNAZ; ARUTA, JOHN JAMIR BENZON R.; ASHRAF, MUJEEBA; BAKAITYT?, AIST?; BI, CHONGZENG; BECKER, MAJA; BENDER, MICHAEL; BËRXULLI, DASHAMIR; BOSAK, JANINE; DAALMANS, SERENA; DANDY, JUSTINE; DE LEMUS, SOLEDAD; DVORIANCHIKOV, NIKOLAY; ETCHEZAHAR, EDGARDO; FROEHLICH, LAURA; GAVRELIUC, ALIN; GAVRELIUC, DANA; GOMEZ, ÁNGEL; GREIJDANUS, HEDY; GRIGORYAN, ANI; HALE, MIRIAM-LINNEA; HÄMER, HANNAH; HOORENS, VERA; HUTCHINGS, PAUL B.; JENSEN, DORTHE HØJ; KELMENDI, KALTRINA; KHACHATRYAN, NARINE; KINAHAN, MARY; KOZLOWSKI, DESIREE; LAURI, MARY ANNE; LI, JUNYI; MAITNER, ANGELA T.; MAKASHVILI, ANA; MANCINI, TIZIANA; MARTINY, SARAH E.; ?OR?EVI?, JASNA MILOEVI?; MORENO-BELLA, EVA; MOSCATELLI, SILVIA; BRYAN MOYNIHAN, ANDREW; MULLER, DOMINIQUE; OCH

European Journal of Social Psychology

John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Año: 2020 vol. 50 p. 1276 - 1291

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.