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

BOSSON, JENNIFER K.; BEST, DEBORAH L.; ZAWISZA, MAGDALENA; AGYEMANG, COLLINS BADU; ANDERSON, JOEL; ASHRAF, MUJEEBA; BECKER, MAJA; BOSAK, JANINE; DE LEMUS, SOLEDAD; FROEHLICH, LAURA; GOMEZ, ÁNGEL; HALE, MIRIAM-LINNEA; HUTCHINGS, PAUL B.; KHACHATRYAN, NARINE; LAURI, MARY ANNE; KOSAKOWSKA-BEREZECKA, NATASZA; MAKASHVILI, ANA; JUREK, PAWE?; ?OR?EVI?, JASNA MILOEVI?; WLODARCZYK, ANNA; BRYAN MOYNIHAN, ANDREW; ?ADKOWSKA, MAGDALENA; ADEBAYO, SULAIMAN OLANREWAJU; AKBA?, GÜLÇIN; PATNAIK, SNIGDHA; PUZIO, ANGELICA; ANJUM, GULNAZ; ROUSSEAUX, TIPHAINE; BAKAITYT?, AIST?; SAMEKIN, ADIL; BENDER, MICHAEL; SHERBAJI, SARA; DAALMANS, SERENA; SULLIVAN, KATIE E.; DVORIANCHIKOV, NIKOLAY; UNGARETTI, JOAQUÍN; GAVRELIUC, ALIN; VAN DER NOLL, JOLANDA; GREIJDANUS, HEDY; ZAPATA-CALVENTE, ANTONELLA LUDMILA; HÄMER, HANNAH; JENSEN, DORTHE HØJ; KINAHAN, MARY; LI, JUNYI; MANCINI, TIZIANA; MORENO-BELLA, EVA; MULLER, DOMINIQUE; PACILLI, MARIA GIUSEPPINA; PAVLOPOULOS, VASSILIS; PYRKOSZ-PACYNA, JOANNA; SAINZ, MARIO; GARCÍA-SÁNCHEZ, EFRAÍN; SOBHIE, R

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.