Individuals' number of children is associated with benevolent sexism. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Is having children related to benevolent sexism? Two theoretical accounts-benevolent sexism as role justification and benevolent sexism as a mating strategy-suggest the possibility of a positive and bidirectional association.
Chris K Deak +3 more
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Hostile Sexism, Benevolent Sexism, and American Elections [PDF]
Politics & Gender, 2022 AbstractAnalyzing unique, nationally representative data, I show that two faces of sexism—hostile and benevolent—operate in systematically different ways to shape Americans’ electoral decisions and evaluations of their leaders. In the 2016 presidential election, both fostered support for Donald Trump and opposition to Hillary Clinton.
Nicholas Winter
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Acta Psychologica, 2022 Previous research has repeatedly shown a positive association between the need for relationship security and the appeal of benevolent sexism. Possibly, no studies to date had investigated the role of the need to belong with respect to a preference for ...
Ayşe I. Kural, Monika Kovács
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Benevolent and hostile sexism in a shifting global context [PDF]
Nature Reviews Psychology, 2022 The theory of and research on ambivalent sexism - which encompasses both attitudes that are overtly negative (hostile sexism) and those that seem subjectively positive but are actually harmful (benevolent sexism) - have made substantial contributions to understanding how sexism operates and the consequences it has for women. It is now clear that sexism
Manuela Barreto, David Matthew Doyle
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The Impact of Benevolent Sexism on Women’s Career Growth: A Moderated Serial Mediation Model [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesThis study investigates how benevolent sexism impedes women’s career growth, focusing on the mediating roles of self-esteem and emotional exhaustion and the moderating role of career development strategies.
Shuang Song, Po-Chien Chang
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Sweet poison: how benevolent sexism hinders Chinese female employees’ career growth [PDF]
BMC PsychologyAs societal civility and education levels improve, the social status of females continues to rise, and the topic of gender equality has received increasing attention. However, female employees’ career growth is likely to be hindered by benevolent sexism.
Shuyu Man, Xiaoxue Zhang, Jianpeng Fan
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Gender, Benevolent Sexism, and Public Health Compliance [PDF]
Politics & Gender, 2020 AbstractGrowing research shows a correlation between gender, benevolent sexism, partisanship, and COVID-19 public health compliance. We show first that women are more likely than men to engage in protective behaviors to slow the spread of COVID-19.
Philip Chen, Christina E. Farhart
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Benevolent and Hostile Sexism in Social Spheres: The Impact of Parents, School and Romance on Belgian Adolescents' Sexist Attitudes [PDF]
Frontiers in Sociology, 2019 Despite growing public awareness and policy efforts, gender equality has not yet been fully established in Western societies. Previous research has shown that hostile and benevolent sexist attitudes, which are grounded in traditional gender stereotypes ...
Laora Mastari +2 more
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Sweet words, secretly sour? Ambivalent sexism may predict disordered eating in Chinese women: the roles of self-objectification, body image comparison, and partner intimacy [PDF]
Journal of Eating DisordersBackground Given the prevalence of disordered eating and the persistence of traditional gender roles in China, this study examined the relationship between ambivalent sexism (including both benevolent and hostile forms) and disordered eating in Chinese ...
Ruijie Xu, Changkai Chen
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108 Experiences of benevolent sexism and the well-being of Latinx women: The moderating role of sexist attitudes [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Translational ScienceOBJECTIVES/GOALS: Sexism harms women’s well-being, affecting life satisfaction and self-doubt in complex ways (Shattell etal., 2008; Oswald etal., 2018).
Erick Herrera Hernandez, Debra Oswald
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