A Model of gender prejudice, power and discrimination: how hierarchy-enhancing factors predominate over hierarchy-attenuating factors
Abstract
Gender inequalities remain an issue in our society and particularly in the workplace. Several factors can explain this gender difference in top-level managerial positions such as career ambitions but also biases against women. In our chapter, we propose a model explaining why gender inequalities and particularly discrimination against women is still present in our societies despite social norms and existing legislation on gender equality. To this purpose, we review research on discrimination through two different approaches, (a) a prejudice approach through the justification-suppression model developed by Crandall and Eshleman (2003) and (b) a power approach through the social dominance theory (Pratto, Sidanius, Stallworth, & Malle, 1994; Sidanius & Pratto, 1999). In our work, we integrate these two approaches and propose a model of gender prejudice, power, and discrimination. The integration of these two approaches contributes to a better understanding of how discrimination against women is formed and maintained over time.
In: Klea Faniko, Fabio Lorenzi-Cioldi, Oriane Sarrasin, Eric Mayor (eds.), Gender and Social Hierarchies. Perspectives from social psychology, New York, Routledge, 2016, chap. 10, pp. 135-147
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Klea Faniko, Fabio Lorenzi-Cioldi, Oriane Sarrasin, Eric Mayor
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Routledge
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Inglese
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New York
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2016
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Lavoro – carriera – professioni
Discriminazioni – marginalizzazione – segregazione
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Psicologia
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Capitolo d'opera collettiva