New study links support for Brett Kavanaugh to the endorsement of hegemonic masculinity
People who held traditional stereotypes about masculinity tended to have more positive evaluations of Brett Kavanaugh during his contentious Supreme Court hearings and more negative evaluations of the women who accused him of sexual misconduct, according to new research published in Social Psychological and Personality Science.
The authors of the new research have previously found the endorsement of “hegemonic masculinity” — an idealized form of masculinity — was associated with support for Donald Trump.
“There has been a lot of coverage in the news and in daily conversations about masculinity – particularly “toxic masculinity.” So, it is important to understand how we – on the individual and societal level – internalize and endorse certain qualities of masculinity through our social, economic, and political institutions that lead to these toxic outcomes (e.g., sexual harassment, homophobic violence, gendered racism, etc.),” said study author Nathaniel Schermerhorn, a PhD student at The Pennsylvania State University.
“In collaboration with my advisor, Dr. Theresa Vescio, we found that the endorsement of hegemonic masculinity, or the belief that men should be high in power/status, should be tough, and should be nothing like women, was related to support for Donald Trump in both the 2016 and 2020 U.S. Presidential elections.”
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