Economic Inequality and Masculinity–Femininity: The Prevailing Perceived Traits in Higher Unequal Contexts Are Masculine Moreno Bella, Eva Willis Sánchez, Guillermo Byrd Moya Morales, Miguel Carlos Economic inequality Masculinity Femininity Stereotypes (Social psychology) Previous studies have shown that economic inequality influences psychological processes. In this article, we argue that economic inequality also makes masculine attributes more prototypical. In Study 1 (N = 106), using an experimental design, we showed that individuals belonging to a society characterized by a higher level of economic inequality are perceived as more masculine than feminine. Study 2 (N = 75) shows, also experimentally, that the upper social class is perceived mostly in terms of masculine traits, and that this effect is greater when economic inequality is relatively high. Conversely, the lower social class is more clearly perceived in terms of feminine traits. These results inform our understanding of the impact of economic inequality on social perception. 2020-04-13T11:46:36Z 2020-04-13T11:46:36Z 2019-07-30 journal article Moreno-Bella E, Willis GB and Moya M (2019) Economic Inequality and Masculinity–Femininity: The Prevailing Perceived Traits in Higher Unequal Contexts Are Masculine. Front. Psychol. 10:1590. http://hdl.handle.net/10481/61116 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.01590 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ open access Atribución 3.0 España Frontiers Media