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.
Further, men in the community sample (but not the college sample) who reported higher levels
of hostile sexism also indicated that they were more likely to use assertive mating strategies.
Not exact matches
Two components
of both
hostile and benevolent
sexism — dehumanization and traditional gender roles — especially contribute to unhealthy attitudes surrounding rape and rape victims.
They focused on two forms
of sexism (
hostile, and benevolent) and how feelings
of entitlement might predict those roles differently for men and women.
Danielle Eliska Lyle's portraits
of actresses are stylish but not as trenchant as her video
of the same subjects, in which the women riff on insecurity,
sexism, and the importance
of being true to yourself in a sometimes
hostile world.
Hart and his co-authors, Jacqueline Hung» 11, a former student
of Hart's, and psychology professors Peter Glick
of Lawrence University and Rachel Dinero
of Cazenovia College, surveyed more than 400 heterosexual men to gauge their responses to questions about their attachment style,
hostile and benevolent
sexism, and views on romance.
Benevolent but not
hostile sexism uniquely predicted more negative views
of women who engage in premarital sex once other variables were controlled.
There's the obvious form
of sexism, «
hostile sexism», as they describe.
As mentioned earlier, although the association between
hostile and benevolent
sexism and gender stereotypes in romantic relationships — specifically male dominance and male assertiveness factors — is demonstrated in some studies (e.g., Sakallı & Curun, 2001), no research has yet investigated the potential mediating effect
of ambivalent
sexism on sex role orientation and gender stereotypes.
Moreover, the present study offers empirical information about the association
of hostile and benevolent
sexism in close relationships.
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.
The present study examined the mediating effects
of ambivalent
sexism (
hostile and benevolent) in the relationship between sex role orientation (masculinity and femininity) and gender stereotypes (dominance and assertiveness) in college students.
Despite these limitations, this study is the first to investigate the mediating effect
of ambivalent
sexism (
hostile and benevolent) between sex role orientation (masculine and feminine) and gender stereotypes (dominance and assertiveness) in romantic relationships.
Common beliefs, such as viewing women as incompetent, are the underpinnings
of both
hostile and benevolent
sexism.
Controlling for the effects
of age, relationship experience predicted increased
hostile sexism in girls and increased benevolent
sexism in boys.
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.