Women’s Social Responses to Inequality

This line of research examines the conditions under which women will take collective/group-oriented actions i.e., actions that are aimed at enhanced group vs individual status against gender discrimination, and what types of actions they tend to take.

(Summaries to come)

Foster, M. D. & Tsarfati, E. M. (2005). The Effects of Meritocracy Beliefs on Women’s Well-Being After First-Time Gender Discrimination, Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 1730-1738.

Foster, M. D., Arnt, S., & Honkola, J. (2004). When the advantaged become disadvantaged: Men’s and women’s actions against gender discrimination. Sex Roles, 50, 27-36.

Foster, M. D. (1999). Acting out against discrimination: The effects of different social identities. Sex Roles, 40, 167-186.

Foster, M. D. & Matheson, K. (1999). Perceiving and responding to the personal/group discrimination discrepancy. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 25, 1319-1329.

Foster, M. D., & Matheson, K. (1998). Perceiving and feeling the personal/group discrimination discrepancy: Motivation or inhibition for collective action? Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 1, 165-174.

Foster, M. D. & Matheson, K. (1995). Double relative deprivation: Combining the personal and political. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 1167-1177.

Foster, M. D. & Matheson, K. & Poole, M. (1994). Responding to sexual discrimination: The effects of societal versus self-blame. Journal of Social Psychology, 134, 743-754.

Contact: mfoster@wlu.ca

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