Political Ideology Outdoes Personal Experience in Predicting Support for Gender Equality
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Abstract
Indices of gender equality provide an inconsistent picture of current gender inequality in countries with relatively high equality. We examined women's and men's subjectively perceived gender inequality and their support for gender equality in the general population and in politicians, respectively, in three countries with relatively high gender equality: the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany (total N = 1,612). In both women's and men's perceptions, women were treated more unequally than men. However, the inequality that women perceived was larger than the inequality men perceived. Additionally, women reported they personally experience less inequality than women as a group (person-group discrepancy). Finally, women's and men's left/liberal (vs. right/conservative) political ideology turned out to be a relatively more powerful predictor of support for gender equality than perceived personal and societal inequality. We discuss reasons for why political ideology emerged as the strongest predictor of equality support and sketch out implications for policy efforts toward promoting gender equality.
Details
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 829-855 |
Number of pages | 27 |
Journal | Political Psychology |
Volume | 44 |
Issue number | 4 |
Publication status | Published - Sept 2023 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
Keywords
Sustainable Development Goals
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Keywords
- gender equality, perceived inequality, person-group discrepancy, pluralistic ignorance, political ideology