Gender, Power, & Privilege Lab

The Pennsylvania State University

The Gender, Power, and Privilege lab will be recruiting graduate students to begin in Fall 2023, as well as research assistants to begin in Spring 2023.

About the Lab

Our research examines racialized gender gaps within and across contexts and cultures. We do this assessing behavioral, attitudinal, and physiological outcomes using multiple methods and complementary quantitative and qualitative analyses. We are particularly focused on how processes of hegemony and subtle discrimination justify and reinforce the status quo.

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New study links support for Brett Kavanaugh to the endorsement of hegemonic masculinityPeople who held traditional stereotypes about masculinity tended to have more positive evaluations of Brett Kavanaugh during his contentious Supreme Court hearings and more negative evaluations of the women who accused him of sexual misconduct, according to new research published in Social Psychological and Personality Science. ...

Men are more likely than women to experience strong negative emotions in response to gender threatsIt is commonly known that threats to masculinity can lead to very negative reactions from men, but do gender threats have similar outcomes when directed toward women? A study published in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology aims to answer this question and measure emotional effects of gender threats. ...

Valuing male dominance may predict support for Trump, study saysMen and women who endorse an idealized form of dominant masculinity where, White, heterosexual men have power, status and dominance over others are more likely to be supporters of President Donald Trump, according to new research.

Why Conservatives Love Authority and Hate GovernmentA cozy relationship between Capitol police and rioters shows this contradiction.

Study illuminates a key factor behind Trump's rise to powerPsychology researchers discover one type of masculinity drives Trump supporters more than others.