Through this close analysis and integration of the literature, I aim to identify remaining gaps in the research on gender discrimination. The goal of the present paper is to integrate and critically examine the burgeoning literature on gender discrimination against men in order to assess whether the symmetrical predictions of congruity models are supported. Therefore, the question of whether men, like women, also suffer discrimination when in gender incongruent roles and domains remains unclear. However, the results of these studies have so far been mixed. A number of recent studies have begun to address the question of whether and under what circumstances men can also be the targets of gender discrimination. Department of Psychology, New York University, New York, NY, United StatesĪlthough classic congruity models of gender discrimination (e.g., role congruity theory, lack of fit) predict negative outcomes for both women and men in gender-incongruent domains, the literature has focused almost exclusively on discrimination against women.
