Specifically, it advances the claim that maternal gatekeeping tendencies are shaped, in part, by women's hostile
sexist attitudes toward men and women and, in turn have consequences for their involvement in childcare.
As hypothesized, the mother's hostile
sexist attitudes toward men and women were positively related to maternal gatekeeping tendencies.
We proposed maternal gatekeeping as a mediator through which hostile
sexist attitudes toward men and women facilitate gendered division of childcare.
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.
Hostile and benevolent sexism: Measuring ambivalent
sexist attitudes toward women.
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sexist attitudes toward women is prevalent everywhere.