Gender equality, value violations, and prejudice toward Muslims

Why are people prejudiced toward Muslims? In this research, we used a value violation framework to predict that when people believe Muslims value gender equality less than reference groups, it creates a value violation that leads to prejudice. In Study 1, people believed that Muslims value gender eq...

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Published inGroup processes & intergroup relations Vol. 22; no. 2; pp. 288 - 301
Main Authors Moss, Aaron J., Blodorn, Alison, Van Camp, Amanda R., O’Brien, Laurie T.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London, England SAGE Publications 01.02.2019
Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects
Christians
Desire
Equality
Gender equity
Gender inequality
Muslims
Prejudice
Reference groups
Sexism
Social distance
Value
Violations
Women
Womens rights
Muslims
prejudice
value violation
gender equality
values
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Summary:Why are people prejudiced toward Muslims? In this research, we used a value violation framework to predict that when people believe Muslims value gender equality less than reference groups, it creates a value violation that leads to prejudice. In Study 1, people believed that Muslims value gender equality less than Christians, and the more people believed that Muslims do not value gender equality, the more they reported prejudice toward Muslims. In Study 2, we manipulated perceptions of how much Muslims value gender equality by giving people evidence that Muslims either do or do not support women’s rights. Afterward, we measured people’s prejudice toward Muslims and desire for social distance. Telling people that Muslims value gender equality reduced both prejudice and the desire for social distance. These effects occurred by increasing people’s beliefs that they share values with Muslims, highlighting the importance of values as a source of prejudice.
ISSN:1368-4302
1461-7188
DOI:10.1177/1368430217716751