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Moral Chivalry: Gender and Harm Sensitivity Predict Costly Altruism

UnHope20

March 21, 2021

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Title	Moral Chivalry: Gender and Harm Sensitivity Predict Costly Altruism
Author	UnHope20
Upvotes	2
Comments	1
Date	March 21, 2021 8:53 PM UTC (5 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/Male_Studies
Original Link	https://old.reddit.com/r/Male_Studies/comments/ma5wfk/moral_chivalry_gender_and_harm_sensitivity/
Archive Link	https://theredarchive.com/r/Male_Studies/moral-chivalry-gender-and-harm-sensitivity-predict.1216424 https://theredarchive.com/post/1216424

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[–]UnHope20[S] 1 point2 points3 points 5 years ago* (0 children) | Copy Link

General Discussion

Here we illustrate that across different types of moral dilemmas, and under both hypothetical and real contexts, moral choices to harm another are conditional on the social nature of the moral dyad and are thus relatively context dependent.

Specifically, we show that moral behavior is modulated by the gender of the target individual, such that females are more readily protected from harm and are more often the recipients of costly altruism compared to their male counterparts.

When asked to respond to a utilitarian-based moral dilemma, participants overwhelming responded that they would push a man—rather than a woman—in front of an oncoming trolley.

When we tested this effect in a different class of moral challenge where self-benefit and another’s welfare are juxtaposed, we found that even under the same moral constraints where all components of the moral task were held constant, a target’s gender can shift an individual’s choice to be more or less altruistic, providing converging evidence that gender bias plays a significant role in moral behavior.