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Gender essentialism predicts prejudice against gender nonconformity in two cultural contexts
dc.contributor.authorFine, Rachel D.
dc.contributor.authorOlson, Kristina R.
dc.contributor.authorGülgöz, Selin
dc.contributor.authorHorton, Rachel
dc.contributor.authorGelman, Susan A.
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-02T14:46:37Z
dc.date.available2025-03-02 09:46:36en
dc.date.available2024-02-02T14:46:37Z
dc.date.issued2024-02
dc.identifier.citationFine, Rachel D.; Olson, Kristina R.; Gülgöz, Selin ; Horton, Rachel; Gelman, Susan A. (2024). "Gender essentialism predicts prejudice against gender nonconformity in two cultural contexts." Social Development 33(1): n/a-n/a.
dc.identifier.issn0961-205X
dc.identifier.issn1467-9507
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/192209
dc.description.abstractGender-nonconforming children face a substantial amount of prejudice, making it important to investigate potential contributing factors. In a correlational study of 253 U.S. Midwestern and Pacific Northwestern 6- to 10-year-old gender-conforming children (Age M = 7.95, SD = 1.43; 54% girl, 46% boy; 77% White), we examined how gender essentialism (beliefs that gender is biological, discrete, informative, and immutable) and gender identity essentialism (beliefs that gender identity is immutable) relate to prejudice against gender-nonconforming children. We also examined whether these associations varied by the child’s cultural context (rural, non-diverse, conservative vs. urban, more diverse, liberal). We found a positive correlation between gender essentialism and prejudice, in both cultural contexts. Additionally, children from the more rural context endorsed more essentialism and expressed more prejudice than did their counterparts from the more urban context. However, we found no differences in children’s gender identity essentialism by cultural context and no association with prejudice.
dc.publisherUniversity of Michigan
dc.publisherWiley Periodicals, Inc.
dc.subject.othergender essentialism
dc.subject.othergender identity
dc.subject.otherprejudice
dc.subject.otherrural
dc.subject.otherurban
dc.titleGender essentialism predicts prejudice against gender nonconformity in two cultural contexts
dc.typeArticle
dc.rights.robotsIndexNoFollow
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevelSociology
dc.subject.hlbtoplevelSocial Sciences
dc.description.peerreviewedPeer Reviewed
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/192209/1/sode12720.pdf
dc.description.bitstreamurlhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/192209/2/sode12720_am.pdf
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/sode.12720
dc.identifier.sourceSocial Development
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