Ambivalent sexism among Christian and Muslim youth. The gendered pathway of perceived pressure for religious conformity

IF 2.3 1区社会学 Q2 SOCIOLOGY

European Societies Pub Date : 2021-12-13 DOI:10.1080/14616696.2021.2012219

Laora Mastari, Filip Van Droogenbroeck, B. Spruyt, G. Keppens

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Traditional gender beliefs and gender prejudice (sexism) are thought to play a key role in the reproduction of gender inequality. It is known that such traditional gender beliefs are more common among strongly religious people. Europe is facing a growing population of religious, often immigrant youth from Islamic countries such as Turkey and Morocco. Against that background, we investigate how ambivalent sexism is related to adolescents’ religious affiliation (being Christian or Muslim), religiosity (how important religion is in one's life), perceived pressure for religious conformity and ethnic background (native, Turkish, Moroccan) by performing multivariate multilevel regression analyses. We rely on data from two independent samples gathered in 2013 and 2018 by the Youth Research Platform among Dutch-speaking boys (N = 1637) and girls (N = 2058) between 14 and 18 years old. The results show the gendered ways in which religion and ambivalent sexism towards women are related. For girls, ambivalent sexism was related to perceived pressure for religious conformity and ethnic background (more group-level aspects). Boys’ ambivalent sexism was related to more individual-level aspects such as higher religiosity. No differences were found between Muslim or Christian youth.

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基督教和穆斯林青年之间矛盾的性别歧视。对宗教一致性的感知压力的性别途径

传统的性别信仰和性别偏见(性别歧视)被认为在性别不平等的再现中起着关键作用。众所周知，这种传统的性别信仰在强烈的宗教人群中更为普遍。欧洲正面临着不断增长的宗教人口，通常是来自土耳其和摩洛哥等伊斯兰国家的移民青年。在此背景下，我们通过多变量多层次回归分析，调查了青少年的宗教信仰(基督教或穆斯林)、宗教信仰(宗教在一个人的生活中有多重要)、对宗教一致性的感知压力和种族背景(本土、土耳其、摩洛哥)之间的矛盾性别歧视。我们依靠青年研究平台在2013年和2018年收集的两个独立样本的数据，这些样本来自14至18岁的荷兰语男孩(N = 1637)和女孩(N = 2058)。研究结果表明，宗教与女性的矛盾性别歧视在性别方面存在关联。对于女孩来说，矛盾的性别歧视与宗教一致性和种族背景(更多群体层面的方面)的感知压力有关。男孩的矛盾性别歧视与更高的宗教信仰等个人层面的因素有关。在穆斯林和基督教青年之间没有发现差异。

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European Societies SOCIOLOGY-

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