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Title Sex Differences in the Acceptability of Discrimination
Author Kuran, T., McCaffrey, E. J.
Source University of Southern California, USC Law School and California Institute of Technology
Year 2005
Access date 06.02.2006
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Abstract A two-mode survey, conducted by telephone and over the World-Wide Web shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 11, revealed that the willingness to tolerate discrimination varies significantly across domains, with a very high tolerance of discrimination against poorly educated immigrants and a strikingly low tolerance of discrimination against the genetically disadvantaged. Regardless of domain, tolerance for discrimination is greater among men than among women. But the size of this sex gap depends on survey mode. It is substantially larger on the Web than on the phone, suggesting that the social desirability bias, known to intensify with loss of anonymity, affects male and female attitudes in opposite ways. Whereas men become less accepting of discrimination when interviewed by a live person, women become more so, indicating that they disguise their concerns for equality.
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Year of publication2005
Bibliographic typeReports, seminars
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