Abstract

PATIAS, Naiana Dapieve et al. Social Representations about Feminism in Brazilians. Estud. pesqui. psicol. [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.1, pp. 156-174. ISSN 1808-4281.  http://dx.doi.org/10.12957/epp.2021.59378.

What people think and say about feminism is relevant to understand what factors may influence society to support the movement. This study aimed to investigate the social representations of feminism in Brazilians and associated variables. This study was conducted with 731 Brazilians, ranging from 18 to 79 years old, mostly women (78%). Using an online survey, we presented a sociodemographic questionnaire and two vignettes: Vignette One (mother, feminist, and black) and Vignette Two (undergraduate, anti-feminist, and white). Data analysis was performed using descriptive statistics and comparison between groups by the Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis U test. The sample indicated that older participants, with children, and with some religion attributed more positive characteristics to Vignette Two. The sample of women attributed more positive characteristics to Vignette One. Variables such as level of education, income, and areas of knowledge did not present statically significant differences regarding attributing characteristics to both vignettes.

Keywords : social psychology; feminism; psychology; social representation.

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