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Ambivalent sexism and the “do”s and “don’t”s of pregnancy: Examining attitudes toward proscriptions and the women who flout them.

Murphy, Amy O., Sutton, Robbie M., Douglas, Karen, McClellan, L.M. (2011) Ambivalent sexism and the “do”s and “don’t”s of pregnancy: Examining attitudes toward proscriptions and the women who flout them. Personality and Individual Differences, 51 (7). pp. 812-816. ISSN 0191-8869. (doi:10.1016/j.paid.2011.06.031) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:28030)

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Abstract

Pregnant women are subjected to popular and official advice to restrict their behaviour in ways that may not always be warranted by medical evidence. The present paper investigates the role of sexism in the proscriptive stance toward pregnancy. Consistent with expectations, both hostile and benevolent sexism were associated with endorsement of proscriptive rules such as “pregnant women should not take strenuous exercise” (Study 1, n =148). Also as predicted, hostile but not benevolent sexism was associated with punitive attitudes to pregnant women who flout proscriptions (Study 2, n = 124). In tandem with recent findings, the present results show that hostile as well as benevolent sexism is associated with proscriptive attitudes surrounding

pregnancy.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/j.paid.2011.06.031
Uncontrolled keywords: Pregnancy, paternalism, sexism, ambivalent, hostile, benevolent
Subjects: B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Women
R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
R Medicine > RG Gynecology and obstetrics
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Human and Social Sciences > School of Psychology
Funders: Economic and Social Research Council (https://ror.org/03n0ht308)
Depositing User: Karen Douglas
Date Deposited: 27 Jul 2011 09:34 UTC
Last Modified: 12 Jul 2022 10:40 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/28030 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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