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Gendered self-views across 62 countries: a test of competing models

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Resumo:Social role theory posits that binary gender gaps in agency and communion should be larger in less egalitarian countries, reflecting these countries’ more pronounced sex-based power divisions. Conversely, evolutionary and self-construal theorists suggest that gender gaps in agency and communion should be larger in more egalitarian countries, reflecting the greater autonomy support and flexible self-construction processes present in these countries. Using data from 62 countries (N = 28,640), we examine binary gender gaps in agentic and communal self-views as a function of country-level objective gender equality (the Global Gender Gap Index) and subjective distributions of social power (the Power Distance Index). Findings show that in more egalitarian countries, gender gaps in agency are smaller and gender gaps in communality are larger. These patterns are driven primarily by cross-country differences in men’s self-views and by the Power Distance Index (PDI) more robustly than the Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI). We consider possible causes and implications of these findings.
Autores principais:Kosakowska-Berezecka, Natasza
Outros Autores:Bosson, Jennifer K.; Jurek, Paweł; Besta, Tomasz; Olech, Michał; Vandello, Joseph A.; Bender, Michael; Dandy, Justine; Hoorens, Vera; Jasinskaja-Lahti, Inga; Mankowski, Eric; Jensen, Dorthe Høj; Karabati, Serdar; Kelmendi, Kaltrina; Kengyel, Gabriella; Khachatryan, Narine; Ghazzawi, Rawan; Nyúl, Boglárka; Kinahan, Mary; Kirby, Teri A.; Kovacs, Monika; Samekin, Adil; Kozlowski, Desiree; Krivoshchekov, Vladislav; Kryś, Kuba; Kulich, Clara; Kurosawa, Tai; Lac An, Nhan Thi; Labarthe-Carrara, Javier; O’Connor, Emma C.; Lauri, Mary Anne; Latu, Ioana; Schindler, Simon; Lawal, Abiodun Musbau; Li, Junyi; Lindner, Jana; Lindqvist, Anna; Maitner, Angela T.; Makarova, Elena; Makashvili, Ana; Malayeri, Shera; Ochoa, Danielle P.; Malik, Sadia; Sevincer, A. Timur; Mancini, Tiziana; Manzi, Claudia; Mari, Silvia; Martiny, Sarah E.; Mayer, Claude Hélène; Mihić, Vladimir; MiloševićĐorđević, Jasna; Moreno-Bella, Eva; Moscatelli, Silvia; Ohno, Sachiko; Seydi, Masoumeh; Moynihan, Andrew Bryan; Muller, Dominique; Narhetali, Erita; Olanrewaju Adebayo, Sulaiman; Osborne, Randall; Pacilli, Maria Giuseppina; Palacio, Jorge; Venäläinen, Satu; Patnaik, Snigdha; Pavlopoulos, Vassilis; Shepherd, Debra; de León, Pablo Pérez; Piterová, Ivana; Porto, Juliana Barreiros; Puzio, Angelica; Pyrkosz-Pacyna, Joanna; Rentería Pérez, Erico; Renström, Emma; Rousseaux, Tiphaine; Abuhamdeh, Sami; Ryan, Michelle K.; Sherbaji, Sara; Safdar, Saba; Sainz, Mario; Salvati, Marco; Agyemang, Collins Badu; Schmader, Toni; Simão, Cláudia; Sobhie, Rosita; de Lemus, Soledad; Sobiecki, Jurand; De Souza, Lucille; Sarter, Emma; Sulejmanović, Dijana; Sullivan, Katie E.; Tatsumi, Mariko; Tavitian-Elmadjian, Lucy; Akbaş, Gülçin; Thakur, Suparna Jain; Thi Mong Chi, Quang; Dhakal, Sandesh; Torre, Beatriz; Torres, Ana; Torres, Claudio V.; Türkoğlu, Beril; Ungaretti, Joaquín; Valshtein, Timothy; Van Laar, Colette; van der Noll, Jolanda; Albayrak-Aydemir, Nihan; Vasiutynskyi, Vadym; Dvorianchikov, Nikolay; Vauclair, Christin Melanie; Vohra, Neharika; Walentynowicz, Marta; Ward, Colleen; Włodarczyk, Anna; Yang, Yaping; Yzerbyt, Vincent; Zanello, Valeska; Zapata-Calvente, Antonella Ludmila; Ammirati, Soline; Egami, Sonoko; Zawisza, Magdalena; Žukauskienė, Rita; Żadkowska, Magdalena; Anderson, Joel; Anjum, Gulnaz; Ariyanto, Amarina; Aruta, John Jamir Benzon R.; Ashraf, Mujeeba; Bakaitytė, Aistė; Becker, Maja; Etchezahar, Edgardo; Bertolli, Chiara; Bërxulli, Dashamir; Best, Deborah L.; Bi, Chongzeng; Block, Katharina; Boehnke, Mandy; Bongiorno, Renata; Bosak, Janine; Casini, Annalisa; Chen, Qingwei; Esteves, Carla Sofia; Chi, Peilian; Cubela Adoric, Vera; Daalmans, Serena; Froehlich, Laura; Garcia-Sanchez, Efrain; Gavreliuc, Alin; Gavreliuc, Dana; Neto, Félix; Gomez, Ángel; Guizzo, Francesca; Graf, Sylvie; Greijdanus, Hedy; Grigoryan, Ani; Grzymała-Moszczyńska, Joanna; Guerch, Keltouma; Gustafsson Sendén, Marie; Hale, Miriam Linnea; Hämer, Hannah; Noels, Kimberly A.; Hirai, Mika; Hoang Duc, Lam; Hřebíčková, Martina; Hutchings, Paul B.
Assunto:Agency Binary sex differences Communality Egalitarianism Gender equality Self-views
Ano:2023
País:Portugal
Tipo de documento:artigo
Tipo de acesso:acesso aberto
Instituição associada:Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Idioma:inglês
Origem:Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa
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Resumo:Social role theory posits that binary gender gaps in agency and communion should be larger in less egalitarian countries, reflecting these countries’ more pronounced sex-based power divisions. Conversely, evolutionary and self-construal theorists suggest that gender gaps in agency and communion should be larger in more egalitarian countries, reflecting the greater autonomy support and flexible self-construction processes present in these countries. Using data from 62 countries (N = 28,640), we examine binary gender gaps in agentic and communal self-views as a function of country-level objective gender equality (the Global Gender Gap Index) and subjective distributions of social power (the Power Distance Index). Findings show that in more egalitarian countries, gender gaps in agency are smaller and gender gaps in communality are larger. These patterns are driven primarily by cross-country differences in men’s self-views and by the Power Distance Index (PDI) more robustly than the Global Gender Gap Index (GGGI). We consider possible causes and implications of these findings.