Science resource inequalities viewed as less wrong when girls are disadvantaged.

ABSTRACT: In response to some resource inequalities, children give priority to moral concerns. Yet, in others, children show ingroup preferences in their evaluations and resource allocations. The present study built upon this knowledge by investigating children's and young adults' (N = 144; 5-6-year-olds, M _age = 5.83, SD _age = .97; 9-11-year-olds, M _age = 10.74, SD _age = .68; and young adults, M _age = 19.92, SD _age = 1.10) evaluations and allocation decisions in a science inequality context. Participants viewed vignettes in which male and female groups received unequal amounts of science supplies, then evaluated the acceptability of the resource inequalities, allocated new boxes of sci

SUBMITTER: Sims RN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10087661 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature