Social Worldviews and Gender Essentialism As Predictors of Social Attitudes Legitimizing Gender Inequality

We examined how social beliefs and gender essentialism contribute to sexism via attitudes legitimizing inequality. Among 746 adults (48% women, M_age = 36.81), findings show gender essentialism predicts HS directly and indirectly through SDO and RWA, and BS — through RWA. Competitive worldview predicts HS directly and indirectly via SDO.