Beliefs in Equality for Women and Men as Related to Economic Factors in Central and Eastern Europe and the United States

Olson, Josephine E.; Frieze, Irene Hanson; Wall, Sally; Zdaniuk, Bożena; Ferligoj, Anuška; Kogovšek, Tina; Horvat, Jasna; Šarlija, Nataša; Jarošová, Eva; Pauknerová, Daniela; Luu, Lan Anh Nguyen; Kovács, Mónika; Miluska, Jolanta; Orgocka, Aida; Erokhina, L. D.; Mitina, Olga; Попова, Л.В.; Petkevičiūtė, Nijolė; Pejić-Bach, Mirjana; Kubušová, Slavka; Makovec, Maja Rus

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“…Variations of gender stereotypes have been shown to be affected by variables such as religion and urbanization, as well as by the magnitudes of the existing gender gap and power distance between genders found in the societies (Désert and Leyens 2006;Eriksson and Lindholm 2007;Frieze et al 2003;Williams and Best 1990). A recent study also indicated that positive economic conditions are related to more egalitarian gender role attitudes (Olson et al 2007). Gender differences in selfconstruals have also generally been shown to be stronger in Western cultures.…”

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Where are the Gender Differences? Male Priming Boosts Spatial Skills in Women

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Sieverding

2008

Sex Roles

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The effects of gender stereotype activation by priming on performance in a spatial task were investigated among a mixed adult sample (including students) of 161 men and women (mean age=31.90) from Austria (Europe). They were assigned to one of four experimental groups according to gender and stereotype activation condition. After a male or female gender stereotype activating task, participants worked on a test assessing mental rotation (three-dimensional cube test, Gittler 1990). A significant main effect of priming on the performance in the mental rotation task emerged. Cohen's d showed a pronounced gender difference emerging only in the female priming condition (d=.59), whereas it disappeared in the male priming condition (d=.01).

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Where are the Gender Differences? Male Priming Boosts Spatial Skills in Women

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Sieverding

2008

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“…This was shown in 14 countries drawn from across North and South America, Africa, Europe and Asia (except for Malaysia and Pakistan, Williams and Best 1990) as well as for CEE in terms of overall gender equality (Olson et al 2007) and attitudes towards women (Frieze et al 2003, Levant et al 2003.…”

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“…However, such studies largely neglect consideration of PL. Few studies have compared PL to other CEE countries and, those which have , Robila and Krishnakumar 2004, Olson et al 2007, suggest that PL ranks relatively moderately on measures of gender attitudes and equality. To the best of our knowledge, only one cross-national study included PL and assessed both hostile and benevolent attitudes towards women using the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (ASI; Glick and Fiske 1996).…”

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Societies in transition: are they more sexist? A comparison between Polish, South African and British samples

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Luyt

Zawadzka

2013

Journal of Gender Studies

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This study investigates ambivalent sexism to women in student samples from two under-researched transitional countries, Poland (PL) and South Africa (SA), in comparison with the United Kingdom. Based on ambivalent sexism theory (AST), and in light of socio-economic context, it was hypothesised that: (1) the sample in PL and SA would be more hostile-and benevolent-sexist than the sample from the UK, (2) males would exhibit more hostile attitudes than females irrespective of country and (3) males would outscore females on benevolent attitudes in the relatively liberal UK but underscore them in relatively conservative SA. The Ambivalent Sexism Inventory was used to measure benevolent and hostile sexism. The findings largely supported the hypotheses. The participants in SA and PL were more sexist than in the UK and men were more hostile-sexist than women in all three countries. However, males outscored females on benevolent sexism not only in the UK but also in SA and PL. Moreover, the sample from PL was observed to be more sexist than the sample from SA. The findings are discussed in light of AST and the countries' transitional context.

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“…Lithuania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Poland (Olson, et al, 2007) and for attitudes 10 toward women among students from Croatia, Slovenia and the USA, (Frieze, et al, 2003) as 11 well as among young men and women from the Russia and USA (Levant, et al, 2003). 12 When it comes to ambivalent attitudes to men, the picture is more complex and 13 depends on the type of attitudes.…”

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Ambivalence Toward Men: Comparing Sexism Among Polish, South African and British University Students

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Beliefs in Equality for Women and Men as Related to Economic Factors in Central and Eastern Europe and the United States

Abstract: Do economic indicators predict the general level of support for gender equality? This question was investigated in a sample of countries in Central and Eastern Europe, a region that has been undergoing rapid economic Sex Roles (

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Where are the Gender Differences? Male Priming Boosts Spatial Skills in Women

Where are the Gender Differences? Male Priming Boosts Spatial Skills in Women

Societies in transition: are they more sexist? A comparison between Polish, South African and British samples

Ambivalence Toward Men: Comparing Sexism Among Polish, South African and British University Students

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