I will help you survive but not thrive

Helping decisions in situations that empower women

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12602973
AutoresOrly Bareket (0000-0003-3464-0893, Tel Aviv University, autor de correspondencia), Danit Ein‐gar (0000-0002-0508-5547, Tel Aviv University), Tehila Kogut (0000-0001-8652-5112, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)
Año2022
Volumen26
Número7
Páginas1641-1659
Fecha de publicación2022-07-19
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGroup Processes & Intergroup Relations (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1368-4302 • E-ISSN: 1461-7188
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/13684302221108437
OpenAlexW4286221664
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas3
Referencias citadas82

This research examines gender-based helping behavior from a social dominance perspective. We focused on the interplay between the gender of a prospective donor and the gender of the recipient in shaping donation decisions in contexts that either empower recipients or not. In two studies ( N = 866), male (but not female) donors chose to donate less often (Study 2) and to give lower amounts (Studies 1–2) to women in need than to men when donations were made in a potentially empowering context – a business context (e.g., donating to a person whose shop burned down), than in a nonempowering context – a domestic context (e.g., donating to a person whose house burned down). Lack of empathy for the female recipient among men partially mediated this gender–donation bias effect (Study 2). These findings suggest that men are less likely to help women in situations that empower women and challenge the existing gender hierarchy

Context (archaeology · Dominance (genetics · Donation · Empathic concern · Empathy · Helping behavior · Hierarchy · Perspective (graphical · Perspective-taking · Political science · Social environment · Sociology · Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies · Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology