ICPS
2019 International Convention of Psychological Science
Barriers to Gender Equality: What Hinders Men From Getting Into Communal Roles, and Which Interventions Could Help?
Men’s reluctance to engage in communal roles is discussed as impeding gender equality. The presentations examine this low engagement by focusing on early-childhood gender stereotyping, pluralistic ignorance regarding gender normative behaviors, work-related penalties resulting from engaging in communal roles, and masculinity-threat compensatory responses. Respective interventions are empirically tested and integrated.
Chairs & Discussants
- Melanie SteffensChair
University of Koblenz-Landau
Presentations
- Who Can be a Kindergarten Teacher? Women, Men, or Both? Gender Stereotyping Among Norwegian Kindergarten ChildrenMaria Olsson
- Uncovering Pluralistic Ignorance to Change Men’s Communal Self-Descriptions, Attitudes, and Behavioral IntentionsSanne Van Grootel
- Work-Related Impression Formation: Is There a “Fatherhood Penalty” for Single Fathers?Melanie Steffens
- Men’s Compensatory Responses to Masculinity Threat: A Cross-National Comparison between Norway and PolandSarah Martiny
