Separate Spheres: Gender Norms, Disgust Sensitivity, and Political Ideology

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Brief Overview

Women show higher self-reported disgust sensitivity than men. We study the relationship between disgust response, endorsement of traditional gender norms and political ideology. We predict that the gender-disgust gap increases with norm endorsement.

Author

• Casey J Griffin, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign