Turning ingroup wounds into bonds: perceptions of gender inequalities predict attitudes toward other minorities.

ABSTRACT: Despite significant strides in reducing gender disparities over the past decades, women still face disparities in several domains. While extensive research has explored the various consequences of gender inequalities for women, this study (N = 493 participants) delves into a less-explored dimension, investigating whether and how perceiving gender inequalities is associated with attitudes toward minorities. Drawing on relative deprivation theory and intra-minority solidarity research, we examined the relationship between women's perceptions of gender inequalities-spanning workplace inequality, domestic inequality, sexual harassment, and social expectations-and attitudes toward gays and lesbians, transgender women, and immigrants. We also explored whether indignation, arising from rec

SUBMITTER: Ciaffoni S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10800884 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature