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Justifying gender discrimination in the workplace: The mediating role of motherhood myths
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The issue of gender equality in employment has given rise to numerous policies in
advanced industrial countries, all aimed at tackling gender discrimination regarding recruitment,
salary and promotion. Yet gender inequalities in the workplace persist. The purpose
of this research is to document the psychosocial process involved in the persistence of gender
discrimination against working women. Drawing on the literature on the justification of
discrimination, we hypothesized that the myths according to which women’s work threatens
children and family life mediates the relationship between sexism and opposition to a mother’s
career. We tested this hypothesis using the Family and Changing Gender Roles module
of the International Social Survey Programme. The dataset contained data collected in
1994 and 2012 from 51632 respondents from 18 countries. Structural equation modellings
confirmed the hypothesised mediation. Overall, the findings shed light on how motherhood
myths justify the gender structure in countries promoting gender equality.
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Gender discrimination motherhood myths role of motherhood gender equality in employment
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Verniers C., Vala, J. (2018). Justifying gender discrimination in the workplace: The mediating role of motherhood myths. PLoS ONE 13(1): e0190657. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.