Insights into Sexism: Male Status and Performance Moderates Female-Directed Hostile and Amicable Behaviour.

ABSTRACT: Gender inequality and sexist behaviour is prevalent in almost all workplaces and rampant in online environments. Although there is much research dedicated to understanding sexist behaviour, we have almost no insight into what triggers this behaviour and the individuals that initiate it. Although social constructionist theory argues that sexism is a response towards women entering a male dominated arena, this perspective doesn't explain why only a subset of males behave in this way. We argue that a clearer understanding of sexist behaviour can be gained through an evolutionary perspective that considers evolved differences in intra-sexual competition. We hypothesised that female-initiated disruption of a male hierarchy incites hostile behaviour from poor performing males who stand to lose t

SUBMITTER: Kasumovic MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4503401 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature