July 16, 2024 Working paper Open Access

Fischer, Jannik M.K.; Farren, Diego; Brettfeld, Katrin

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@unpublished{fischer_jannik_m_k_2024_14723,
  author       = {Fischer, Jannik M.K. and
                  Farren, Diego and
                  Brettfeld, Katrin},
  title        = {{Verunsicherte Männlichkeit? Der Einfluss 
                   männlicher Bedrohungsgefühle auf rechtsextreme
                   Einstellungen bei jungen Männern.   UHH MOTRA
                   Spotlight No. 9}},
  note         = {{Title of the paper in English: _____Insecure 
                   masculinity: Effects of feelings of threat towards
                   masculinity on the prevalence of right-wing
                   extremist attitudes among young men. ______
                   Abstract:__________   In this paper results of a
                   survey of survey of n=3590 young people on the the
                   prevalence of right-wing extremist attitudes among
                   16 to 21-year-olds living in Germany are
                   presented. The survey was conducted in 2022 as
                   part of the MOTRA study "Young People in Germany"
                   (JuMiD). The analyses presented focus on the
                   question whether threats and insecurities that
                   young men experience  in the course of their
                   perception of changes in gender relations in
                   modern societies can make a relevant contribution
                   to explaining the increased prevalence of right-
                   wing extremist attitudes among young men, which
                   repeatedly have been found by empirical research.
                   Results show that right-wing extremist attitudes
                   are rejected by the majority of 16 to 21-year-olds
                   (88.5 %). 9.4 % of them are open to right-wing
                   extremist ideas and in addition 2.1 % hold a
                   closed right-wing extremist world view. Right-wing
                   extremist attitudes are significantly more common
                   among young men (10.7 % open to right-wing
                   extremist ideas; in addition 3.1 % have a closed
                   right-wing extremist world view) than among young
                   women (8.1 % of the young females are open to
                   right-wing extremist ideas,. In addition 0.9 % of
                   them display a closed right-wing extremist world
                   view). This is in line with previous research
                   Furthermore, 28.9 % of young men perceive people
                   like them as being marginalised and socially
                   disadvantaged by politicians, the police and the
                   society in general. Among those young males who
                   feel socially disadvantaged and marginalised as a
                   group, right wing extremist attitudes are
                   significantly more prevalent. In addition a
                   quarter of young men (25.5 %) experience masculine
                   feelings of group threat. They fear a loss of the
                   importance of "real men" in today's society. They
                   also observe declines of the societal acceptance
                   of traditional concepts of masculinity. These
                   developments are evaluated by them as threatening.
                   If young men exhibit perceptions of being socially
                   marginalised and disadvantaged in combination with
                   such masculine feelings of group threats against
                   certain aspects of of masculinity that are parts
                   of their sexual identity, they are particularly
                   susceptible to adopting right-wing extremist
                   attitudes. 27.9 % of them are open to right-wing
                   extremist ideas and 16.7 % show clear cut right-
                   wing extremist world views. These prevalence rates
                   of ritht wing extermist attitudes among this
                   particuals are far higher than the prevalence
                   rates of right wing extremist attitudes among the
                   total population of the young people of the age
                   group under study and significantly higher than
                   the prevalence rates among the respective
                   subpopulation of young males.  Findings indicate
                   that state authorities and politicians should
                   address particularly young men more specifically
                   to prevent right-wing political radicalization
                   processes.}},
  month        = jul,
  year         = 2024,
  doi          = {10.25592/uhhfdm.14723},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.25592/uhhfdm.14723}
}