Who Thinks Outside the Gender Box? Feminism, Gender Self-Esteem, and Attitudes toward Trans People

• Published in: Sex roles Vol. 82; no. 7-8; pp. 447 - 462
• Main Authors: Brassel, Sheila T., Anderson, Veanne N.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.04.2020; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Activism; Attitudes; Behavioral Science and Psychology; Beliefs; Cisgender; Discrimination; Feminism; Gender; Gender Discrimination; Gender identity; Gender Studies; Heterosexuality; Hostility; LGBTQ rights; Medicine/Public Health; Original Article; Prejudice; Psychology; Self esteem; Sexism; Sexual Orientation; Social exclusion; Sociology; Traditionalism; Transgender persons; Trans prejudice; Feminist attitudes; Feminist identity; Transgender; Gender self-esteem; TGNC

Trans people are targeted with widespread prejudice and discrimination in the United States. In order to better understand this hostility, we examined how different gender beliefs (gender traditionalism, gender self-esteem, feminist attitudes, and feminist identity) are associated with cisgender het...