Brief hostile articles can erase pre-existing support for feminism and marginalized groups
Evidence
To summarize, after a month at university the students expressed moderate support of feminism, female professors, and Women’s Studies programs. Six weeks later, a short magazine article effectively wiped out that support. While that may bring joy to the editors of the magazine, it troubles me no end. As proved true for Jews and for homosexuals, feminists appear quite vulnerable to those who would promote hostility against them. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 3286
Categorization
Category: Causal Relationships
- XREF: Connects to the earlier chapters’ findings on Jews and homosexuals being vulnerable to short hate materials — this chapter explicitly builds on them.