Advantaged groups also face prejudice when mismatched to roles.

Evidence

Depending on role context, members of advantaged groups (e.g., men, Whites, heterosexuals) can also be targets of prejudice when their stereotypical attributes are mismatched to role requirements. The most extensive meta-analysis of the subset of Goldberg studies presenting job résumés or applications for evaluation showed precisely this effect: Women were preferred over equivalent men for jobs rated as female sex-typed, and men over equivalent women for jobs rated as male sex-typed (Davison & Burke, 2000). Stereotypical mismatch to the requirements of social roles can diminish evaluations of members of advantaged groups. However, dominant group members are unlikely to pursue roles that offer lesser rewards and status. Therefore, few men attempt to enter female-dominated roles and few Whites attempt to enter minority-dominated roles. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 201

Categorization

• XREF: Symmetry/backlash effect work — men in female-typed jobs penalized; connects to status hierarchy explanations for why women’s incursion into male roles is more contested than reverse.
• corroborated: 3 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 201