Motivated to Express: Salience of Oppression toward Other Women Encourages Women’s Self-Expression
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Al-Khouja, Maya
Weinstein, Netta
Legate, Nicole
Abstract / Description
Women’s oppression undermines and inhibits women but may also prompt an enterprising reaction. In this paper, three studies explored the extent to which women respond to awareness of the oppression of other women with an increased desire for self-expression, a reactive but constructive response. Study 1 explored reactions to two forms of other women’s oppression: restricted self-expression and restricted economic opportunities. Women reported an increased desire to self-express after exposure to either form of oppression, as compared to a control group. Study 2 compared British women’s reactions to stories of a woman versus a man being oppressed, finding the former group wrote more words about an unrelated, but timely and consequential topic (Brexit). Finally, Study 3 replicated the effect of greater self-expression after being exposed to women’s oppression, and furthermore identified an indirect effect through reactance. Findings are discussed in relation to identity, constructive forms of reactance, and implications for current women’s rights movements.
Keyword(s)
sexism oppression reactance gender self-expressionPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2021-05-20
Journal title
Journal of Social and Political Psychology
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PsychArchives
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acceptedVersion
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Al-Khouja, M., Weinstein, N., & Legate, N. (in press). Motivated to express: Salience of oppression toward other women encourages women’s self-expression [Author accepted manuscript]. Journal of Social and Political Psychology. http://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4855
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Al-Khouja, Maya
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Weinstein, Netta
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Legate, Nicole
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Date of first publication2021-05-20
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Abstract / DescriptionWomen’s oppression undermines and inhibits women but may also prompt an enterprising reaction. In this paper, three studies explored the extent to which women respond to awareness of the oppression of other women with an increased desire for self-expression, a reactive but constructive response. Study 1 explored reactions to two forms of other women’s oppression: restricted self-expression and restricted economic opportunities. Women reported an increased desire to self-express after exposure to either form of oppression, as compared to a control group. Study 2 compared British women’s reactions to stories of a woman versus a man being oppressed, finding the former group wrote more words about an unrelated, but timely and consequential topic (Brexit). Finally, Study 3 replicated the effect of greater self-expression after being exposed to women’s oppression, and furthermore identified an indirect effect through reactance. Findings are discussed in relation to identity, constructive forms of reactance, and implications for current women’s rights movements.en_US
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Publication statusacceptedVersion
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Review statusreviewed
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CitationAl-Khouja, M., Weinstein, N., & Legate, N. (in press). Motivated to express: Salience of oppression toward other women encourages women’s self-expression [Author accepted manuscript]. Journal of Social and Political Psychology. http://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4855en_US
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ISSN2195-3325
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/4291
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4855
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Language of contentengen_US
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PublisherPsychArchivesen_US
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.6757
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Keyword(s)sexismen_US
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Keyword(s)oppressionen_US
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Keyword(s)reactanceen_US
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Keyword(s)genderen_US
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Keyword(s)self-expressionen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleMotivated to Express: Salience of Oppression toward Other Women Encourages Women’s Self-Expressionen_US
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DRO typearticleen_US
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Journal titleJournal of Social and Political Psychology
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Visible tag(s)PsychOpen GOLDen_US
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Visible tag(s)Accepted Manuscripten_US