Intergroup discrimination targets subordinate males more than subordinate females

Evidence

Since there is overwhelming evidence that intergroup aggression is primarily a male enterprise, there is also reason to expect that arbitrary-set aggression is primarily directed at outgroup males rather than outgroup females. If we regard normal forms of intergroup discrimination as mild forms of intergroup aggression, there is then also reason to suspect that it will be primarily males rather than females who are the targets of this arbitrary-set discrimination. We label this thesis as the subordinate-male target hypothesis. — John T. Jost and Jim Sidanius, Political Psychology, 3236

Categorization

• DEFINE: Names and defines the subordinate-male target hypothesis.
• XREF: Connects to feminist and conflict-theory literatures on the gendered nature of group violence.
• CANDY: A punchy, counterintuitive thesis — discrimination is aimed hardest at outgroup men — that works as an elevator-conversation line.