Gender bias against women is paternalistic proprietorship, not competitor elimination

Evidence

In the same vein, male’s ability to monopolize the available resources increases their value and attractiveness as a mate. This suggests that it is not generally the purview of males to harm or debilitate females as they are an invaluable resource as mates and caretakers of offspring. In contrast, it is the intent of males to harm and debilitate other males, as they represent an obstacle that impedes their ability to acquire mating opportunities. As such, gender bias functions as a paternalistic brand of discrimination rooted in a sense of male proprietorship over females, rather than their elimination or debilitation as competitors. — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1192

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to feminist critiques of paternalistic protection (e.g., benevolent sexism in Glick & Fiske’s ambivalent sexism theory). — connects to: Female professional competition unsettles male claims over the world; Male protections disguised as benefits actually mask women’s subordination — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1972; Venture capitalists who see women as emotionally immature are less likely to fund them — Alice E. Marwick, Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity,…, 705
• DEFINE: Introduces ‘paternalistic brand of discrimination’ as a distinct concept of what gender bias does.