Benevolent Ideology and Women's Economic Decision-Making: When Sexism Is Hurting Men's Wallet.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 26870955.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0148629 and PMC identifier 4752244.
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Abstract
Can ideology, as a widespread "expectation creator," impact economic decisions? In two studies we investigated the influence of the Benevolent Sexism (BS) ideology (which dictates that men should provide for passive and nurtured women) on women's economic decision-making. In Study 1, using a Dictator Game in which women decided how to share amounts of money with men, results of a Generalized Linear Mixed Model analysis show that higher endorsement of BS and contextual expectations of benevolence were associated with more very unequal offers. Similarly, in an Ultimatum Game in which women received monetary offers from men, Study 2's Generalized Linear Mixed Model's results revealed that BS led women to reject more very unequal offers. If women's endorsement of BS ideology and expectations of benevolence prove contrary to reality, they may strike back at men. These findings show that BS ideology creates expectations that shape male-female relationships in a way that could be prejudicial to men.
Medical subject headings
- Beneficence
- Decision Making
- Games, Experimental
- Models, Psychological
- Sexism