Principal Component Loadings for Beliefs about Women’s Agency Relative to Men in Study 1

Scale Items		Loading
Power
	1. Men are better at handling power than women are.	0.83
	2. Men are better leaders than women are.	0.83
	3. Men should “wear the pants” when it comes to important family decisions.	0.77
	4. It’s easier to take orders from a man than from a woman.	0.74
	5. Women should be more submissive than men.	0.73
	6. It’s better for a man to be domineering than it is for a woman to be domineering.	0.72
	7. I see no problem with women holding positions of power. (reversed)	0.62
	8. Women should be just as assertive as men. (reversed)	0.58
	9. Domineering women are more annoying than domineering men.	0.55
Competence
	1. Men understand the complexities of the political world better than women.	0.81
	2. When it comes to science, men are better than women.	0.82
	3. Women are just as logical and rational as men. (reversed)	0.76

Note: N = 410, a = 0.71 (Competence), 0.87 (Power).