The desire to control, not hatred, drives dominant groups’ discrimination

Evidence

More recently, research on gender discrimination and the notion of ‘ambivalent sexism’ points to the role of favourable attitudes towards women that can reproduce women’s subordination (Glick and Fiske, 2001 ; Rudman, 2005 ). Jackman has argued against the notion of irrational hostility by noting that processes such as ‘discrimination and violence are driven by self-interested, rational, political motives. The central motivator for dominant groups in unequal social relations is not hatred, but the desire to control’ ( 2005 , pp. 89–90). The idea underpinning this is that ‘indiscriminate hostility is too incendiary to be effective. By contrast, positive beliefs and feelings – when offered on a conditional basis – have an unrivaled potency’ (ibid., p. 90, emphasis in original). — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice, 141

Categorization

• XREF: Challenges Allport’s irrationality framing set up earlier in this chapter; also resonates with the ‘Complaints About Immodesty’ article’s theme of moral panics as political control. — connects to: When two human groups compete, the advantaged one maintains dominance through oppression — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 151; Dominant groups deny their dependency on those they exclude — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 597; the MOC “The Enemy-Making Machine: Ours, True, and the Identity That Defends Both”
• SEED: Angle: ‘conditional benevolence’ as a quieter, more effective mechanism of subordination than overt hostility — how kindness polices.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Cristian Tileagă, The Nature of Prejudice: Society,…, 141

Related

• Intergroup discrimination is driven by rational self-interest and control, not hatred (similarity 0.86)
• Dominants are driven by desire to control, not hostility toward subordinates (similarity 0.84)
• Dominant groups control subordinates through conditional affection, not hatred (similarity 0.82)
• Dominants prefer amicable inclusion, not hostility, toward subordinates (similarity 0.81)
• Intergroup discrimination and violence stem from political self-interest rather than hostility (similarity 0.79)
• Some prejudices involve positive affect combined with low respect (similarity 0.79)
• Dominant groups maintain advantage through affection-laced paternalism rather than hostility (similarity 0.78)
• Paternalistic control is a more prevalent prejudice mechanism than outright exclusion (similarity 0.78)