Competition and Gendered Backlash: Domain, Identity, and Consequences for Politics

We investigate whether learning about one’s relatively poor competitive performance compared to another gender induces prejudice toward that gendered outgroup. A sample of (n=1620) subjects will complete an experiment involving a competitive task. Participants are randomly assigned to receive negative feedback about their gendered group's poor performance. Following this, we assess their levels of sexism. We hypothesize that: 1) men who receive negative feedback about their performance relative to women will report higher sexism. We also introduce a non-binary measure of masculinity/femininity that helps explain how gender identity affects these outcomes.