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- The study explored how women's romantic fantasies, specifically those involving chivalry and heroism, relate to their desire for personal power.
- In the experiments, women showed a disconnect between their subconscious romantic fantasies and their conscious beliefs about power.
- The results suggest that these implicit fantasies negatively impacted women's ambitions concerning income, education, and leadership opportunities, indicating a potential barrier to achieving gender equity.
Article Abstract
Three experiments investigated the relationship between women's romantic fantasies and their interest in personal power. Romantic fantasies (associating partners with chivalry and heroism) were assessed using the Implicit Association Test and self-reports. In each experiment, women's implicit romantic fantasies were dissociated with their conscious beliefs. More important, implicit (but not explicit) romantic fantasies negatively predicted women's interest in personal power, including projected income, education goal, interest in high-status jobs, and group leadership appeal. By contrast, men's implicit romantic fantasies were not routinely linked to their interest in personal power. In concert, the findings are consistent with positing a "glass slipper" effect for women that may be an implicit barrier to gender equity.
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