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Contemporary sexism - The relationships among hostility, benevolence, and neosexism

Masser, Barbara, Abrams, Dominic (1999) Contemporary sexism - The relationships among hostility, benevolence, and neosexism. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 23 (3). pp. 503-517. ISSN 0361-6843. (doi:10.1111/j.1471-6402.1999.tb00378.x) (Access to this publication is currently restricted. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:16921)

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Abstract

Previous research has examined the relationship between the Modern Sexism Scale (Swim, Aikin, Hall & Hunter, 1995) and the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (ASI; Glick & Fiske, 1996) or the relationship between the Modern Sexism Scale and the Neosexism Scale (Campbell, Schellenberg, & Senn, 1997; Tougas, Brown, Beaten, & Joly, 1995). The present study examined the relationship between the ASI and the Neosexism Scale. Across three samples (N = 907), neosexism was found to be associated primarily with the hostile rather than the benevolent component of ambivalent sexism. Hostile sexism, benevolent sexism, and neosexism were all significantly associated with attitudes toward lesbians' and gay men's rights, and both hostile sexism and neosexism were significantly associated with attitudes toward women's rights. Neosexism and hostile sexism were negatively associated with a humanitarian-egalitarian orientation, whereas benevolent sexism was positively associated with a Protestant-ethic orientation. It is concluded that, although both the Neosexism Scale and ASI measure contemporary sexism, only the Benevolent Sexism subscale of the ASI taps the subjectively positive side of contemporary sexism.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1111/j.1471-6402.1999.tb00378.x
Subjects: H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General)
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Depositing User: I.T. Ekpo
Date Deposited: 07 Apr 2009 16:12 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:54 UTC
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