Overall, these results supported Hypothesis 1a regarding the role of hostility toward men in maternal gatekeeping, and provided somewhat weaker support for Hypothesis 1b regarding the role of
hostile sexism toward women.
Hostile sexism toward men was a strong and significant predictor in these regression analyses: The more the mother endorsed hostile sexist attitudes toward men, the more she sought to maintain responsibility for family work and believed in distinct gendered family roles.
Not exact matches
Hostile and benevolent
sexism: Measuring ambivalent sexist attitudes
toward women.
Specifically,
hostile sexism predicted respondents» negative judgments of a married mother who was the main breadwinner for her family, and benevolent attitudes
toward men predicted respondents» negative judgments of a primary caregiving father.