Economic Frustration and Resistance to Gender Equality among Young Korean Men

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ID8373753
AuthorsHanna Kim (0000-0001-7503-924X, corresponding author), Youngdeuk Park (0000-0001-5635-3022)
Year2024
Volume64
Issue5
Pages781-811
Publication date2024-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian Survey (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0004-4687 • E-ISSN: 1533-838X
PublisherUniversity of California Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1525/as.2024.2124374
OpenAlexW4396541564
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited19

Prejudice and negative attitudes toward stronger gender-equality policies are often associated with personal traits such as sexism. An alternate perspective focuses on intergroup threats in resource-scarce situations, highlighting economic frustration. Centered on South Korea, this study examines the connection between deepening pessimistic economic perceptions among young men and their opposition to gender equality, based on intergroup threat theory. Analyzing data from the 2019 Unification Survey, we find that young Korean men expressed less support for gender-equality policies than other segments of the population. And among Korean men in their twenties, a pessimistic view of their economic status correlated with weaker endorsement of gender-equality policies. In contrast, we saw no significant link in this group between sexist attitudes and resistance to gender-equality policies

Demographic economics · Economics · Gender equality · Opposition (politics · Perception · Pessimism · Political science · Politics · Population · Prejudice (legal term · Sociology · Demography · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology

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