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Despite the theoretical and practical relevance of social changes in gender norms for gender equality, research examining the consequences of the feminization of men’s gender norms on men’s attitudes and behaviors toward women are scarce, and results are mixed.
- Giulia Valsecchi
In the face of ongoing attempts to achieve gender equality, there is increasing focus on the need to address outdated and detrimental gendered stereotypes and norms, to support societal and cultural change through individual attitudinal and behaviour change.
more feminine impacts men’s attitudes toward gender equality. To this end, the pre-sent research makes a novel contribution to the literature by experimentally testing the inuence of the perceived feminization of the male gender norm compared to a traditional norm on men’s gender-hierarchy-legitimizing ideologies as a function of
Jan 5, 2019 · The results consistently showed that perceived men’s feminization increased negative attitudes toward homosexuality (Study 1, n = 220), specifically among those participants who most strongly endorsed the anti-femininity norm (Study 2, n = 156).
- Juan Manuel Falomir-Pichastor, Jacques Berent, Joel Anderson
- 2019
Dec 13, 2019 · Research on gender norms, for instance, has examined how norms of masculinity have shaped people's positive attitudes towards men's authority in the household. Interventions for gender equity have strived to dismantle this normative environment, both by helping people recognise the inequitable status quo and by transforming the inequitable ...
- Beniamino Cislaghi, Lori Heise
- 2020
Although most research on adolescent/young adult sexuality includes biological sex as a factor, the majority focuses on male–female differences, with little attention to within-sex differences (Vanwesenbeeck 2009). These studies indicate differences between men’s and women’s sexuality.
While women are seen as warm and communal, men are seen as agentic and competent. These stereotypes are shaped by, and respond to, social contexts, and are both descriptive and prescriptive in nature.
