Gender Conflict Perception and Social Identities: In the Context of Backlash Phenomenon

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

Although gender conflict in Korean society is becoming more serious, as seen in the Gangnam Station murder case of 2016 when a 34-year-old man murdered a woman for no reason, it is hard to pinpoint its characteristics and origins. This study explores gender conflict perception (GCP) in various types of social groups and identifies the determinants of GCP based on social identity theory (SIT). Specifically, the study focuses on the interaction between gender and political ideology to analyze how the two types of social identities interact. In particular, the study analyzes how socially constructed identities affect GCP. Additionally, by adding interaction terms to the regression model, the effects of various social identities are considered simultaneously in order to generate a full understanding of gender conflict. It is found that female respondents are more likely to think of gender conflict as a serious social issue if their political ideology is closer to liberalism. On the other hand, male respondents show the exact opposite results. Specifically, conservative male respondents tend to think of gender conflict in Korean society as serious.

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