A quantitative assessment of honor culture men and the impact of sports, key demographics, and affiliations on work discrimination

Abstract

AbstractThis study replicates and extends previous findings on work discrimination by focusing on white lower-class males, a neglected vulnerable discriminated group, and distinguishes how belonging or not belonging to an honor culture impacts them and lower SES others’ work discrimination experiences. We also analyzed variables that could act to mitigate against work discrimination experiences. Examining data from the 2009 High School Longitudinal Study (HSLS) hierarchical regression modeling results showed: (1) honor-culture male students who participated in high school sports are less likely to experience work discrimination than their peers who didn’t (2) the higher the socioeconomic status (SES), the less likely males feel discriminated against at work; but SES was more related to work discrimination in honor cultures than in non-honor cultures (3) across all models, Black, LatinX, and other-races males experience greater work discrimination than their white peers; but race was more related to work discrimination in non-honor cultures than in honor cultures (4) White honor-culture males experience greater work discrimination than their higher-income white male counterparts.

Keywords

• honor Culture
• race
• sports participation
• work discrimination
• hierarchical regression
• Latinx