Heteronormativity and the Justification of Gender Hierarchy: Investigating the Archival Data From 16 European Countries.

ABSTRACT: Within the framework of the System Justification Theory, this study tested on the archival data from 16 European countries the general hypothesis that homonegativity (HN), as an expression of gender binarism and heteronormativity, works as a legitimizing myth of gender hierarchy. Specifically, we hypothesized that (1) system justification (SJ) would positively relate to HN and (2) this relation would depend on the country level of gender hierarchy, (3) on the gender of respondents, and (4) on the interaction between gender hierarchy and gender. We selected the Gender Equality Index (GEI) as an indicator of the gender hierarchy of the country system and the items from the European Social Survey-Round 9 (ESS-9) as the indicators of the gender of respondents and the levels of SJ and HN. The H

SUBMITTER: Ferrari F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8359921 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature