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.
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Autor | Kosakowska-Berezecka, Natasza Bosson, Jennifer K. Jurek, Pawel Besta, Tomasz Olech, Michal Vandello, Joseph A. Bender, Michael Dandy, Justine Hoorens, Vera Jasinskaja-Lahti, Inga Mankowski, Eric Venalainen, Satu Abuhamdeh, Sami Agyemang, Collins Badu Akbas, Gulcin Albayrak-Aydemir, Nihan Ammirati, Soline Anderson, Joel Anjum, Gulnaz Ariyanto, Amarina Aruta, John Jamir Benzon R. Ashraf, Mujeeba Bakaityte, Aiste Becker, Maja Bertolli, Chiara Berxulli, Dashamir Best, Deborah L. Bi, Chongzeng Block, Katharina Boehnke, Mandy Bongiorno, Renata Bosak, Janine Casini, Annalisa Chen, Qingwei Chi, Peilian Adoric, Vera Cubela Daalmans, Serena de Lemus, Soledad Dhakal, Sandesh Dvorianchikov, Nikolay Egami, Sonoko Etchezahar, Edgardo Esteves, Carla Sofia Froehlich, Laura Garcia-Sanchez, Efrain Gavreliuc, Alin Gavreliuc, Dana Gomez, Angel Guizzo, Francesca Graf, Sylvie Greijdanus, Hedy Grigoryan, Ani Grzymala-Moszczynska, Joanna Guerch, Keltouma Senden, Marie Gustafsson Hale, Miriam-Linnea Hamer, Hannah Hirai, Mika Duc, Lam Hoang Hrebickova, Martina Hutchings, Paul B. Jensen, Dorthe Hoj Karabati, Serdar Kelmendi, Kaltrina Kengyel, Gabriella Khachatryan, Narine Ghazzawi, Rawan Kinahan, Mary Kirby, Teri A. Kovacs, Monika Kozlowski, Desiree Krivoshchekov, Vladislav Krys, Kuba Kulich, Clara Kurosawa, Tai Nhan Thi Lac An Labarthe-Carrara, Javier Lauri, Mary Anne Latu, Ioana Lawal, Abiodun Musbau Li, Junyi Lindner, Jana Lindqvist, Anna Maitner, Angela T. Makarova, Elena Makashvili, Ana Malayeri, Shera Malik, Sadia Mancini, Tiziana Manzi, Claudia Mari, Silvia Martiny, Sarah E. Mayer, Claude-Helene Mihic, Vladimir Dordevic, Jasna Milosevic Moreno-Bella, Eva Moscatelli, Silvia Moynihan, Andrew Bryan Muller, Dominique Narhetali, Erita Neto, Felix Noels, Kimberly A. Nyul, Boglarka O'Connor, Emma C. Ochoa, Danielle P. Ohno, Sachiko Adebayo, Sulaiman Olanrewaju Osborne, Randall Pacilli, Maria Giuseppina Palacio, Jorge Patnaik, Snigdha Pavlopoulos, Vassilis de Leon, Pablo Perez Piterova, Ivana Porto, Juliana Barreiros Puzio, Angelica Pyrkosz-Pacyna, Joanna Perez, Erico Renteria Renstrom, Emma Rousseaux, Tiphaine Ryan, Michelle K. Safdar, Saba Sainz, Mario Salvati, Marco Samekin, Adil Schindler, Simon Sevincer, A. Timur Seydi, Masoumeh Shepherd, Debra Sherbaji, Sara Schmader, Toni Simao, Claudia Sobhie, Rosita Sobiecki, Jurand De Souza, Lucille Sarter, Emma Sulejmanovic, Dijana Sullivan, Katie E. Tatsumi, Mariko Tavitian-Elmadjian, Lucy Thakur, Suparna Jain Quang Thi Mong Chi Torre, Beatriz Torres, Ana Torres, Claudio, V Turkoglu, Beril Ungaretti, Joaquin Valshtein, Timothy Van Laar, Colette van der Noll, Jolanda Vasiutynskyi, Vadym Vauclair, Christin-Melanie Vohra, Neharika Walentynowicz, Marta Ward, Colleen Wlodarczyk, Anna Yang, Yaping Yzerbyt, Vincent Zanello, Valeska Zapata-Calvente, Antonella Ludmila Zawisza, Magdalena Zukauskiene, Rita Zadkowska, Magdalena |
Título | Gendered Self-Views Across 62 Countries: A Test of Competing Models |
Revista | Social psychological and personality science |
ISSN | 1948-5506 |
ISSN electrónico | 1948-5514 |
Volumen | 14 |
Número de publicación | 7 |
Página inicio | 808 |
Página final | 824 |
Fecha de publicación | 2023 |
Resumen | 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. |
Derechos | acceso restringido |
DOI | 10.1177/19485506221129687 |
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Id de publicación en WoS | WOS:000898964300001 |
Palabra clave | communality agency self-views binary sex differences egalitarianism gender equality |
Tema ODS | 05 Gender Equality 10 Reduced Inequality |
Tema ODS español | 05 Igualdad de género 10 Reducción de las desigualdades |
Tipo de documento | artículo |