Feminist Identity, Attitudes Toward Feminist Prototypes, and Willingness to Intervene in Everyday Sexist Events

2018 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandra S. Weis ◽  
Liz Redford ◽  
Alyssa N. Zucker ◽  
Kate A. Ratliff
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Implicit Attitudes ◽  
Feminist Identity ◽  
Willingness To Intervene ◽  
Identity Attitudes ◽  
Personal Vulnerability ◽  
Feminist Identification ◽  
Feminist Attitudes ◽  
And Behavior

Many women eschew the feminist label despite believing in gender equality. In order to effectively promote feminist change, it is important to understand the factors involved in feminist attitudes, identification, and behavior. In the present research, we helped clarify the relations among these factors. In a survey of 428 U.S. women, we found that participants with stronger attitudes toward gender equality and more favorable explicit and implicit attitudes toward feminist prototypes were more likely to claim a feminist label. And those who did so reported greater willingness to intervene when confronted with everyday sexist behavior, particularly if they perceived that they personally were vulnerable to the effects of sexism. We suggest that improving attitudes toward feminist prototypes may help promote feminist identification, and informing women about the pervasiveness of sexism, including their personal vulnerability, may promote willingness to act after the feminist label has been adopted. Online slides for instructors who want to use this article for teaching are available on PWQ's website at http://journals.sagepub.com/page/pwq/suppl/index

Predictors of Feminist Identity Utilizing an Intersectional Lens With a Focus on Non-Hispanic White, Hispanic, and African American MSW Students

Affilia ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 088610992096301
Author(s):  
Mollie Lazar Charter
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Multiple Regression Model ◽  
Feminist Identity ◽  
Msw Students ◽  
Feminist Identification ◽  
Feminist Attitudes ◽  
Racial Ethnic ◽  
Hispanic White

A fundamental value of social work is social justice, which includes gender and racial/ethnic equality. Feminists address gender-based oppression and often work to address racial/ethnic inequalities as well as many other forms of oppression. However, most literature suggest that less than half of social work students identify as feminists. This study investigated factors that contribute to student feminist self-identification, focusing on how racial/ethnic identity may influence feminist identity. Four predicting constructs were identified: method of exposure to feminism, feminist knowledge, feminist attitudes and ideologies, and description of feminists. A multiple regression model was applied to the overall sample ( N = 660) and to each racial/ethnic group. Findings indicate that in the overall sample, all four constructs significantly contributed to predicting feminist identification, while in the non-Hispanic white sample ( n = 366), method of exposure, feminist attitudes and ideologies, and description of feminists made significant contributions; for the Hispanic sample ( n = 157), only feminist attitudes and ideologies made significant contributions to predicting feminist identification; and for the African American sample ( n = 137), method of exposure and description of feminists made significant contributions. These findings indicate differences among racial/ ethnic background in feminist identity and provide a comprehensive picture of feminist identity among Master’s of Social Work (MSW) students.

Implicit and explicit evaluations of feminist prototypes predict feminist identity and behavior

2016 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liz Redford ◽  
Jennifer L. Howell ◽  
Maartje H. J. Meijs ◽  
Kate A. Ratliff
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Feminist Identity ◽  
Unique Variance ◽  
Explicit Attitudes ◽  
Two Samples ◽  
People’S Attitudes ◽  
Implicit And Explicit ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
Implicit And Explicit Attitudes

Many people who endorse gender equality do not personally identify as feminists. The present research offers a novel explanation for this disconnect by examining people’s attitudes toward feminist prototypes—the central, representative feminist that comes to mind when they think of feminists as a group. Results from two samples support the hypothesis that both implicit and explicit attitudes toward feminist prototypes predict unique variance in feminist identity beyond gender-equality attitudes. Results from a second study show feminist identity to mediate between implicit prototypes and self-reported willingness to engage in feminist behaviors. Lastly, a third study shows feminist identity to mediate between implicit prototypes and actual feminist behavior. This is the first study to specifically examine the role of implicit attitudes and prototype favorability in understanding feminist identity and behavior, and the results suggest that promoting positive prototypes of feminists may be an effective route to encouraging feminist identity.

The emergent construction of feminist identity in interaction

Pragmatics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivia Hirschey Marrese
Keyword(s):  
College Women ◽  
Conversation Analysis ◽  
Feminist Identity ◽  
Feminist Identification

Abstract This case study is an analysis of college-aged womens’ conversations about feminist identity and tracks a shifting attitude among college women with respect to feminist identification. Using conversation analysis, I argue that the interlocutors’ feminist identity is an interactional achievement produced by collaboratively setting aside topics related to feminism. This practice (re)problematizes feminism and maintains hegemonic standards of ‘feminist’ as an identity that needs to be accounted for in conversation. Building on Eckert and McConnell-Ginet’s (2013) work on the phrase “I’m not a feminist, but…” I argue that feminist identification may be shifting, as the discourse in the present study fall more in line with “I am a feminist, but…,” producing a ‘sort of’ feminist identity. In the discursive process of relevantly setting aside qualities and practices associated with feminism, the interlocutors (re)establish normativity surrounding feminist identity and its enaction in everyday conversation.

scholarly journals IMPLIKASI BUDAYA PATRIARKI DALAM KESETARAAN GENDER DI LEMBAGA PENDIDIKAN MADRASAH ( Studi Kasus pada Madrasah di Kota Parepare)

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-67
Author(s):  
Anwar Anwar
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Gender Bias ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Education Systems ◽  
Religious Ideology ◽  
And Behavior

This paper describes the reality of gender equality that occurs in madrasah education institutions. Madrasahs as educational institutions with Islamic heritage have not been able to escape from the pattern of relationships that create gender bias in education systems and planning. Gender terminology is always the basis of consideration to determine the position and role of management and the level of participation in education. It is constructed by at least two main points, namely religious ideology which is the foundation of the ideology of understanding, attitude and behavior about gender equality. Furthermore, religious ideology undergoes a process of assimilation at the cultural level so as to form an elementary view that men have social advantages compared with women.

scholarly journals Trauma and Religious Complexity in Later Life

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 415-415
Author(s):  
Rennae Wigton ◽  
Shannon Jones ◽  
Austin Prusak ◽  
Andrew Futterman
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
New York ◽  
New England ◽  
Later Life ◽  
Severe Trauma ◽  
Great Distance ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Personal Vulnerability ◽  
And Behavior ◽  
The Impact

Abstract The present study examines the impact of traumatic life events on religious complexity in later life. We anticipated that those older adults experiencing stressors that produce significant personal vulnerability (e.g., life threatening illnesses) demonstrate reduced complexity of belief and behavior (e.g., less belief with doubt). From a sample of 278 semi-structured interviews of older adults (aged 55-101 years-old.) from six New England and New York states, we analyzed 166 interviews using grounded theory (Strauss & Corbin, 1990). Individuals who experienced trauma related to war, close familial loss, and/or severe physical illness tended to be “true believers,” (i.e., adhere to rigid belief orthodoxy; Hoffer, 1950). By contrast, those who experienced less severe trauma (e.g., minor illness, job loss) were less apt to describe rigid belief. Temporal proximity of trauma was not consistently associated with greater complexity of belief and behavior, in the sense that with great distance from trauma, individuals were able to “work through” their experiences of trauma, and thereby increase complexity of belief and behavior. This is consistent with findings by Harris and Leak (2015), Krause and Hayward (2012), and Wong (2013) that suggest that trauma leading to personal vulnerability leads to long-term physical, mental, behavioral, and spiritual deficits that rigid religious belief and behavior help to offset. These findings are discussed in terms of psychological theories of grief resolution, personal coping, and terror management.

NFL fans' identity and consumption behavior by gender

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amy Shane-Nichols ◽  
Diane McCrohan ◽  
Te-Lin Chung
Keyword(s):  
National Football League ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Fan Behavior ◽  
Sports Fandom ◽  
Identity Attitudes ◽  
Open Coding ◽  
Opposite Sex ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
And Behavior

PurposeThe purpose of this qualitative research study was to explore male and female sports fandom through examining the prototype of a loyal National Football League (NFL) fan.Design/methodology/approachEighteen in-depth interviews were conducted with male and female participants who self-identified as NFL fans from the Midwest and Northeast regions of the US. Data were analyzed using open coding.FindingsBoth female and male participants identified three common criteria for being a prototypical NFL fan: loyalty, knowledge and wearing of team apparel. The findings also demonstrated gender differences in both how a fan identifies a prototypical fan and how that dictates fan identity, attitudes and behavior. Additionally, prototypical fandom might need to be defined differently for males and females.Originality/valueThis study contributes to the literature by exploring the perspectives of both genders of NFL fans and by providing a more balanced perspective of how males and females define prototypical fans and how each gender perceives the fan behavior of the opposite sex.

You’re either with us or against us! Moral conviction determines how the politicized distinguish friend from foe

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 519-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maarten P. Zaal ◽  
Rim Saab ◽  
Kerry O’Brien ◽  
Carla Jeffries ◽  
Manuela Barreto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gender Equality ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Moral Value ◽  
Moral Conviction ◽  
Collective Identification ◽  
Feminist Identification

Three studies investigated how politicized collective identification affects individuals’ reactions towards others. We hypothesized that a strong politicized identity tends to be accompanied by a moral conviction about the politicized cause, which in turn determines how the politicized respond to those less committed to their cause. Consistent with this, Study 1 showed that politicized (feminist) identification is associated with lower identification with women who place moderate (vs. high) moral value on gender equality. Study 2 showed that politicized identification was associated with negative emotions towards people who disagree with this cause and this was mediated by the extent to which participants saw supporting the activist goal as morally obligatory. Study 3 showed that politicized identification, to the extent to which it implied holding a moral conviction about the activist cause, is associated with a desire for more social distance to an attitudinally dissimilar other, but not from an attitudinally similar other.

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