Intergroup conflict and gender psychology are inseparable components of one process

Evidence

The subordinate-male-target thesis highlights another major difference between previous theories of intergroup relations and SD theory. Namely, SDT incorporates the political psychology of gender into the larger story of arbitrary-set conflict. Rather than regarding the psychology of intergroup conflict and the psychology of gender as being independent domains, we regard the psychology of the one as an important and fundamental component of the psychology of the other. Seen from the perspective of social dominance theory, the psychology of intergroup conflict is intimately connected to and bound up with the male predisposition for group boundary maintenance, territorial defense/acquisition, and the exercise of dominion. This implies that an understanding of the psychology of sex/gender is incomplete without an incorporation of the dynamics of intergroup relations, and an understanding of intergroup relations is incomplete without incorporating impor- FIGURE 18. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3238

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to a possible stable anchor for the reader’s ‘is the bind available collectively’ question: SDT grounds gender in intergroup dynamics, implying male-dominated boundary enforcement is rendered natural / essentialized through an evolutionary frame. — connects to: Male intrasexual competition extrapolates to explain men’s role in intergroup conflict — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1210; Evolution shaped male but not female psychologies for intergroup aggression; The source of gendered conflict is situational dependence, not personal perversity — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1974 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Male intrasexual competition extrapolates to explain men’s role in intergroup conflict #expands (0.85) — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 1210
• Evolution shaped male but not female psychologies for intergroup aggression #expands (0.82)
• Young men show the strongest cooperate-to-compete instinct in intergroup conflict #expands (0.80)
• The source of gendered conflict is situational dependence, not personal perversity #qualifies (0.75) — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 1974