Research suggests that women weigh the perceived costs and benefits when deciding whether to confront sexism on behalf of themselves or other women. Novel to the present research, we tested whether men similarly weigh the anticipated costs and benefits when deciding whether to confront sexism on behalf of women. Using path analysis across 2 correlational studies, we also investigated how endorsement of a masculine protection ideology predicted frequency of confronting sexism on behalf of socially close (e.g., girlfriend, sister) versus distant (e.g., acquaintance, stranger) women. Results from Study 1 (N = 148 undergraduate men) revealed that men were motivated by the perceived benefit, but not the perceived cost, when deciding whether to confront sexism. In both studies (Study 2 N = 205 male MTurk workers), the extent to which men endorsed a masculine ideology of protection positively predicted their frequency of confronting for socially close, but not distant women. We conclude that in some cases paternalistic masculinity may promote antisexist behavior (confronting on behalf of socially close women), although the impact of those confrontations for sexism reduction remains to be tested.
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机译：研究表明，在决定是否代表自己还是其他妇女面对性别歧视时，妇女权衡了所感知的成本和收益。在本研究中，我们测试了男人在决定是否代表女性面对性别歧视时是否同样权衡预期的成本和收益。使用跨2个相关研究的路径分析，我们还研究了对男性保护意识形态的认可如何预测代表社会亲密（例如，女友，姐妹）与远处（例如，熟人，陌生人）女性面对性别歧视的频率。研究1（n = 148名本科生）的结果表明，在决定是否面对性别歧视时，男人是出于感知到的收益，但没有感知到的成本的动机。在这两项研究（研究2 N = 205名男性MTURK工人）中，男性认可保护的男性意识形态的程度积极地预测了她们在社会上接近但不远处的女性面对面的频率。我们得出的结论是，在某些情况下，家长式男子气概可能会促进毒主义行为（代表社会亲密的妇女面对），尽管这些对抗对减少性别歧视的影响仍有待测试。
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