Women are derogated for expressing group-based anger which undermines collective action for gender equality
Radke, Helena R.M., and Hanson, Amy (2025) Women are derogated for expressing group-based anger which undermines collective action for gender equality. Journal of Social Psychology. (In Press)
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Abstract
We investigate whether exposure to a woman who expresses anger about gender inequality is negatively evaluated and undermines collective action for gender equality. Research suggests that women are derogated when they express anger because this emotion violates feminine social norms and communal gender roles. Across two studies (Study 1 N = 227; Study 2 N = 254), participants were exposed to a speech from a woman political candidate discussing gender inequality. Participants evaluated the candidate more negatively, and were less willing to engage in collective action with her when she expressed anger about gender inequality compared to no anger. We also examined whether this finding could be attenuated when the candidate expressed anger about gender inequality for communal reasons and found partial support. Our findings suggest that we need to tackle the narrow expectations of what it means to be a woman to facilitate collective action for greater gender equality.
| Item ID: | 88453 |
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| Item Type: | Article (Research - C1) |
| ISSN: | 1940-1183 |
| Keywords: | Collective action, communal gender roles, feminine social norms, group-based anger, Social Change |
| Copyright Information: | © 2025 The Author(s). Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent. |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Apr 2026 05:47 |
| FoR Codes: | 52 PSYCHOLOGY > 5205 Social and personality psychology > 520502 Gender psychology @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280121 Expanding knowledge in psychology @ 100% |
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