Why are women less likely to support animal exploitation than men? The mediating roles of social dominance orientation and empathy
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Resumo: | Women tend to be more concerned about the welfare of (human/nonhuman) animals and the natural environment than men. A growing literature has shown that gender differences in environmental exploitation can be explained partially by the fact that women and men differ in their social dominance and empathic orientations. We extend past studies by examining whether social dominance orientation (SDO; ‘Superior groups should dominate inferior groups’) and empathy (‘I feel others’ emotions’) also help explain gender differences in attitudes towards nonhuman animals. Our mediation model confirmed that SDO and empathy partially and independently mediate gender differences in human supremacy beliefs (‘Animals are inferior to humans’) and/or speciesism (‘I think it is perfectly acceptable for cattle, chickens and pigs to be raised for human consumption’) among 1002 individuals (57% female; Mage?=?26.44) from the general population in Portugal. These findings provide evidence that traits referring to human–human relations can help explain gender differences in human–animal relations. The cumulative evidence suggests that exploitative tendencies towards the natural environment and (human/nonhuman) animals may be built upon shared psychological mechanisms. |
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Why are women less likely to support animal exploitation than men? The mediating roles of social dominance orientation and empathyHuman–animal relationsGender differencesEmpathySocial dominance orientationSpeciesismWomen tend to be more concerned about the welfare of (human/nonhuman) animals and the natural environment than men. A growing literature has shown that gender differences in environmental exploitation can be explained partially by the fact that women and men differ in their social dominance and empathic orientations. We extend past studies by examining whether social dominance orientation (SDO; ‘Superior groups should dominate inferior groups’) and empathy (‘I feel others’ emotions’) also help explain gender differences in attitudes towards nonhuman animals. Our mediation model confirmed that SDO and empathy partially and independently mediate gender differences in human supremacy beliefs (‘Animals are inferior to humans’) and/or speciesism (‘I think it is perfectly acceptable for cattle, chickens and pigs to be raised for human consumption’) among 1002 individuals (57% female; Mage?=?26.44) from the general population in Portugal. These findings provide evidence that traits referring to human–human relations can help explain gender differences in human–animal relations. The cumulative evidence suggests that exploitative tendencies towards the natural environment and (human/nonhuman) animals may be built upon shared psychological mechanisms.Pergamon/Elsevier2018-07-02T08:28:36Z2020-07-02T00:00:00Z2018-01-01T00:00:00Z20182019-03-20T15:07:44Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10071/16240eng0191-886910.1016/j.paid.2018.03.007Graça, J.Calheiros, M. M.Oliveira, A.Milfont, T. L.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-09T17:53:40Zoai:repositorio.iscte-iul.pt:10071/16240Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T22:26:56.974115Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Why are women less likely to support animal exploitation than men? The mediating roles of social dominance orientation and empathy |
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Why are women less likely to support animal exploitation than men? The mediating roles of social dominance orientation and empathy |
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Why are women less likely to support animal exploitation than men? The mediating roles of social dominance orientation and empathy Graça, J. Human–animal relations Gender differences Empathy Social dominance orientation Speciesism |
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Why are women less likely to support animal exploitation than men? The mediating roles of social dominance orientation and empathy |
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Why are women less likely to support animal exploitation than men? The mediating roles of social dominance orientation and empathy |
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Why are women less likely to support animal exploitation than men? The mediating roles of social dominance orientation and empathy |
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Why are women less likely to support animal exploitation than men? The mediating roles of social dominance orientation and empathy |
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Why are women less likely to support animal exploitation than men? The mediating roles of social dominance orientation and empathy |
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Graça, J. |
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Graça, J. Calheiros, M. M. Oliveira, A. Milfont, T. L. |
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Calheiros, M. M. Oliveira, A. Milfont, T. L. |
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Graça, J. Calheiros, M. M. Oliveira, A. Milfont, T. L. |
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Human–animal relations Gender differences Empathy Social dominance orientation Speciesism |
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Human–animal relations Gender differences Empathy Social dominance orientation Speciesism |
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Women tend to be more concerned about the welfare of (human/nonhuman) animals and the natural environment than men. A growing literature has shown that gender differences in environmental exploitation can be explained partially by the fact that women and men differ in their social dominance and empathic orientations. We extend past studies by examining whether social dominance orientation (SDO; ‘Superior groups should dominate inferior groups’) and empathy (‘I feel others’ emotions’) also help explain gender differences in attitudes towards nonhuman animals. Our mediation model confirmed that SDO and empathy partially and independently mediate gender differences in human supremacy beliefs (‘Animals are inferior to humans’) and/or speciesism (‘I think it is perfectly acceptable for cattle, chickens and pigs to be raised for human consumption’) among 1002 individuals (57% female; Mage?=?26.44) from the general population in Portugal. These findings provide evidence that traits referring to human–human relations can help explain gender differences in human–animal relations. The cumulative evidence suggests that exploitative tendencies towards the natural environment and (human/nonhuman) animals may be built upon shared psychological mechanisms. |
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