Masculinity Contingency and Sexism

Previous research has established that when a man experiences a threat to his masculinity, this has often been related to engagement in anti-social behaviors like hostility towards women (Eisler, et al., 2000; Fanchina, et al., 2001; Jakupfak, et al., 2002; Moore et al., 2008; O'Neil et al., 1986). In the current study, levels of sexism, aggression, affect, and scores on the Masculinity Contingency Scale (Burkley, Bell, & Wong, 2016) were examined after inducing a masculinity boost or a masculinity threat. Using a 3 x 2 design, 4 main hypotheses were examined: 1) men who have just experienced a masculinity threat will have higher scores on the MCS than men who have experienced a masculinity boost, 2) men who experience a masculinity threat will have higher scores of benevolent and hostile sexism than men who experience a masculinity boost 3) that men in the threat condition will also have higher scores of aggression and negative affect than men who experience a masculinity boost, 4) men who experience neither a masculinity threat nor masculinity boost will have lower scores on the MCS than men who did experience a boost or a threat. After analyzing all of the predictions with a one-way ANOVA, there were no significant findings to support any of the hypotheses, F(2 , 225) =1.748, p = .177; F(2, 221) = .027, p = .973; F(2, 221) = .582, p = .559; F(2, 218) = .461, p = .631; F(2 , 225) =1.748, p = .177.Psycholog