Role incongruity provides raw material that motivates stereotype-based self-defense

Evidence

However, stereotypes are not invented from whole cloth to defend people from personal inadequacies or protect their own groups’ privileges. Instead, the processes of role incongruity provide the basic material that then enables motivated reasoning in defense of oneself or one’s group. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 209 (#expands, via linked claim)

However, stereotypes are not invented from whole cloth to defend people from personal inadequacies or protect their own groups’ privileges. Instead, the processes of role incongruity provide the basic material that then enables motivated reasoning in defense of oneself or one’s group. — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 209 (#expands, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Positive stereotyped traits become double-edged liabilities in incongruent roles — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 195; Role incongruity supplies raw material that motivated reasoning then exploits — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 209; Motivated reasoning piggybacks on genuine role incongruity rather than fabricating stereotypes from scratch — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice: Fifty Years…, 209

Broader Connections

• Role incongruity supplies raw material that motivated reasoning then exploits #expands (0.95) — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 209
• Motivated reasoning piggybacks on genuine role incongruity rather than fabricating stereotypes from scratch #expands (0.94) — John F. Dovidio, Peter Glick, Laurie A. Rudman, On the Nature of Prejudice, 209