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

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.; Bryan Moynihan, A.; 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. V.; Ungaretti, J.; Valshtein, T.; Van Laar, C.; Van Der Noll, J.; Vasiutynskyi, V.; Vohra, N.; Zapata-Calvente, A. L.; Zukauskiene, R.

doi: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.

Kosakowska-Berezecka N., Besta T., Bosson J.K., Jurek P., Vandello J.A., Best D.L., et al. (2020). Country-level and individual-level predictors of men's support for gender equality in 42 countries. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 50(6), 1276-1291 [10.1002/ejsp.2696].