Master of Science / Department of Psychology / Donald A. Saucier / Research has shown that a disconnect exists between individuals’ belief in feminist ideology and
their willingness to identify as a feminist. Based on this incongruence, research on feminist
identification has focused on social-demographic predictors and the thought processes that lead
to self-identification. However, not much is known about how the recognition of discrimination
is related to feminist self-identification. Research has suggested that part of identifying as a
feminist involves the recognition of discrimination. Further, it is suggested that system-justifying
ideologies (e.g., meritocracy beliefs) are used to deny the presence of discrimination. The current
study further explored this relationship by looking at meritocracy and egalitarian beliefs and how
they affected perceptions of discrimination, belief in feminist ideology and identifying as a
feminist. Results revealed that participants’ meritocracy and egalitarian beliefs had relatively no
effect on their levels of perceived discrimination, belief in feminist ideology or identifying as a
feminist.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:KSU/oai:krex.k-state.edu:2097/1361 |
| Date | January 1900 |
| Creators | Smith, Sara Joanne |
| Publisher | Kansas State University |
| Source Sets | K-State Research Exchange |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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