Gender Linked Fate, Race/Ethnicity, and the Marriage Gap in American Politics

Stout, Christopher; Kretschmer, Kelsy; Ruppanner, Leah

doi:10.1177/1065912917702499

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“…Thus, it is no surprise that the Southern states–Missouri, Georgia, Kentucky and Mississippi–clustered in their passage of restrictive abortion laws in 2019 [30]. Here, we show that perceptions of gender linked fate–or seeing one’s future as linked to other women–helps explain support for legal abortion, extending existing research linking gender linked fate to conservative political attitudes [31].…”

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Gender linked fate explains lower legal abortion support among white married women

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Abortion is uniquely connected to women’s experiences yet women’s attitudes towards legal abortion vary across the pro-choice/anti-abortion spectrum. Existing research has focused on sociodemographic characteristics to explain women’s levels of abortion support. Here, we argue that abortion attitudes vary with women’s perceptions of gender linked fate, or the extent to which some women see their fates as tied to other women. Drawing upon existing research showing that married white women report lower levels of gender linked fate than their non-married counterparts, we assess these relationships for abortion attitudes applying the 2012 American National Election Survey (n = 2,173). Using mediation analysis, we show that lower levels of gender linked fate among married white women (vs. non-married white women) explain their stronger opposition to abortion. As many state governments are increasingly legislating restricted access to legal abortion, understanding factors explaining opposition to legal abortion is urgently important.

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“…It is possible that denying linked fate with the group is an indicator of self-group distancing more so than an indicator of disidentification (Becker & Tausch, 2014) or lack of group consciousness (Stout, Kretschmer, & Ruppanner, 2017). It is possible that compounding forms of self-group distancing-such as distancing one's (perceived)…”

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Denial of gender discrimination is associated with better subjective well‐being among women: A system justification account

Napier¹,

Suppes²,

Bettinsoli³

2020

Euro J Social Psych

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Despite the fact that women face socially and politically sanctioned disadvantages every day, a large percentage of women and men report that gender discrimination is no longer a problem. Across three studies, which together include over 20,000 participants from 23 countries, we test the hypothesis that denial (vs. acknowledgement) of gender discrimination is associated with higher subjective well-being among women (Studies 1-3), and this is because denying gender discrimination promotes the view that the system is fair (Study 1). We further show that this happens above and beyond personal experiences with sexism (Study 1) and that the association is stronger in countries where sexism is relatively high (vs. low; Study 3). We argue that denial of discrimination is an individual-level coping mechanism and that, like other self-group distancing strategies, it may perpetuate gender inequality.

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“…How do the exchanges made by White families—exchanges that may be inapplicable or inaccessible to families of color—maintain systems of racial and class inequality? Stout, Kretschmer, and Ruppanner () recently reported that, for White and Latina women but not for Black women, marriage was associated with lower levels of identification with other women (“gender linked fate”) and, subsequently, a more conservative political ideology. Such findings beg for additional inquiries into the extent to which heterosexual marriage allows White women (and to a lesser extent Latina women) to capitalize on and align with (White) male privilege at the expense of Black women, thereby perpetuating race and class advantage.…”

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Politics of Respectability, Colorism, and the Terms of Social Exchange in Family Research

Landor

Barr

2018

J of Family Theo & Revie

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In this article, we consider the utility of social exchange theory when centering the material and cultural realities of people and families of color. We draw on critical race and intersectionality scholarship to argue that this work challenges some of the core assumptions of social exchange theory (while reifying others) and offers novel avenues of inquiry and expanded foci for family researchers employing a social exchange framework. We illustrate our points by focusing on existing research and offering new empirical evidence on African Americans, yet we note that our revisioning has broader relevance for relationships between and within other groups and positionalities.

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Gender Linked Fate, Race/Ethnicity, and the Marriage Gap in American Politics

Cited by 46 publications

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Gender linked fate explains lower legal abortion support among white married women

Gender linked fate explains lower legal abortion support among white married women

Denial of gender discrimination is associated with better subjective well‐being among women: A system justification account

Politics of Respectability, Colorism, and the Terms of Social Exchange in Family Research

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