Benevolent sexism also mediates femininity and male dominance, as well as femininity and male assertiveness.
Not exact matches
Furthermore, given that
benevolent sexism can
also produce gender inequality, these findings for women are
also concerning.»
There were
also relationships, to smaller degrees, in the relationships between entitlement and hostile
sexism in women and
benevolent sexism in men.
Interestingly, women who scored higher on
benevolent sexism were
also more receptive to assertive initiation techniques.
Therefore, since our participants were mostly female, they might
also agree with
benevolent sexism without being aware of its hostile component and relationship with male dominance.
There are
also studies showing the link between hostile and
benevolent sexism and romantic relationships.