Learning and unlearning the myths we are taught: Gender and social dominance orientation

Within social dominance theory (SDT) the invariance hypothesis predicts that men will be higher in social dominance orientation (SDO) even after accounting for cultural or social factors. We tested this hypothesis by measuring the relationship between sex and SDO while controlling for the effects of...

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Published in:Sex roles 2004-06, Vol.50 (11-12), p.743-757
Main Authors: FOELS, Rob, PAPPAS, Christopher J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biological and medical sciences
Cross Cultural Studies
Culture
Dominance
Females
Femininity
Feminism
Feminist Theory
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gender
Gender Differences
Gender Discrimination
Ideology
Individual Differences
Intergroup Relations
Learning
Males
Masculinity
Mythology
Orientation
Preferences
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Resource Allocation
Selfidentity
Sex Differences
Sex Role Orientations
Social dominance theory
Social psychology
Social role. Sex role
Social Structure
Socialization
Society
Theory
USA
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Summary:Within social dominance theory (SDT) the invariance hypothesis predicts that men will be higher in social dominance orientation (SDO) even after accounting for cultural or social factors. We tested this hypothesis by measuring the relationship between sex and SDO while controlling for the effects of gender socialization. Our first two studies demonstrated that the sex difference in SDO is mediated by gender socialization and that masculinity and femininity are differentially related to two different forms of SDO. Study 3 extended these results by showing that SDO decreases as a function of feminist identity acquisition. These results suggest that the status hierarchy based on gender has properties of arbitrary classifications such as race, and they call into question the classification of gender as invariant within SDT. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0360-0025
1573-2762
DOI:10.1023/b:sers.0000029094.25107.d6