Masculinity ideology and gender equality: considering neosexism

The aims of this study are to investigate the relationship among traditional masculinity ideology, neosexism, and gender equality. Specifically we tested the effect of neosexism as a mediational variable. As expected, our results showed that men maintain more traditional masculinity ideology and more neosexist beliefs than women. Also masculinity ideology is negatively related to gender equality in men, but in women there is no relationship. The results of the mediation tests confirm that masculinity ideology is a good predictor of gender equality and it is mediated by neosexism, but only for men. The relevance of these findings with reference to neosexism as an obstacle to equality is discussed.

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Main Authors: Martínez,Carmen, Paterna-Bleda,Consuelo
Format: Digital revista
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Murcia 2013
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spelling oai:scielo:S0212-972820130002000282014-09-18Masculinity ideology and gender equality: considering neosexismMartínez,CarmenPaterna-Bleda,Consuelo Masculinity Ideology neosexism gender equality mediation The aims of this study are to investigate the relationship among traditional masculinity ideology, neosexism, and gender equality. Specifically we tested the effect of neosexism as a mediational variable. As expected, our results showed that men maintain more traditional masculinity ideology and more neosexist beliefs than women. Also masculinity ideology is negatively related to gender equality in men, but in women there is no relationship. The results of the mediation tests confirm that masculinity ideology is a good predictor of gender equality and it is mediated by neosexism, but only for men. The relevance of these findings with reference to neosexism as an obstacle to equality is discussed.Universidad de MurciaAnales de Psicología v.29 n.2 20132013-05-01journal articletext/htmlhttp://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0212-97282013000200028en
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Masculinity ideology and gender equality: considering neosexism
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description The aims of this study are to investigate the relationship among traditional masculinity ideology, neosexism, and gender equality. Specifically we tested the effect of neosexism as a mediational variable. As expected, our results showed that men maintain more traditional masculinity ideology and more neosexist beliefs than women. Also masculinity ideology is negatively related to gender equality in men, but in women there is no relationship. The results of the mediation tests confirm that masculinity ideology is a good predictor of gender equality and it is mediated by neosexism, but only for men. The relevance of these findings with reference to neosexism as an obstacle to equality is discussed.
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