#3232. When Men Who Dislike Feminists Feel Proud: Can Self-Affirmation and Perspective-Taking Increase Men’s Empathy Toward Feminists?

September 2026publication date
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Developmental and Educational Psychology;
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Abstract:
Abuse against women’s rights activists is a serious concern. Past research has identified self-affirmation and perspective-taking as promising strategies to reduce minority target backlash. Fictional Facebook profiles were manipulated to encourage perspective-taking, perspective-taking with self-affirmation, or were neutral in content. Results indicated that perspective-taking combined with self-affirmation promoted empathetic feelings (as represented by perspective-taking emotions) toward feminists experiencing abuse. These results suggest that self-affirmation could potentially reduce online abuse of feminists through an increase in empathetic feelings. This research has broader implications for male engagement within feminism, and we recommend that educators and male allies of feminism promote positive, affirming roles for men (e.g., as fathers), as this may encourage empathy toward feminist issues.
Keywords:
feminism; masculinity; online abuse; prejudice; self-affirmation

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