Disease avoidance: A predictor of sexist attitudes toward females

Fitzgerald, Holly N.; McDonald, Rachel G.; Thomas, Ronald G.; Shook, Natalie J.

doi:10.1007/s12144-020-01343-6

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“…Similarly, particularly high exposure to discrimination among Black American women (which raises the need for safety) might explain why they endorse benevolent sexism to a greater extent than white American women 41 , but this has not been directly tested. Furthermore, men and women who are more afraid of disease and contagion endorse benevolent sexism to a greater extent, presumably because the restrictions benevolent sexism imposes on women’s behaviour can protect against disease 58 . This finding is particularly interesting in light of the COVID-19 pandemic — fear of disease during the pandemic might have led to increases in benevolent sexism.…”

Section: Predictors Of Ambivalent Sexismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Benevolent and hostile sexism in a shifting global context

Barreto

Doyle

2022

Nat Rev Psychol

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The theory of and research on ambivalent sexism — which encompasses both attitudes that are overtly negative (hostile sexism) and those that seem subjectively positive but are actually harmful (benevolent sexism) — have made substantial contributions to understanding how sexism operates and the consequences it has for women. It is now clear that sexism takes different forms, some of which can be disguised as protection and flattery. However, all forms of sexism have negative effects on how women are perceived and treated by others as well as on women themselves. Some of these findings have implications for understanding other social inequalities, such as ableism, ageism, racism and classism. In this Review, we summarize what is known about the predictors of ambivalent sexism and its effects. Although we focus on women, we also consider some effects on men, in particular those that indirectly influence women. Throughout the Review we point to societal shifts that are likely to influence how sexism is manifested, experienced and understood. We conclude by discussing the broader implications of these changes and specifying areas of enquiry that need to be addressed to continue making progress in understanding the mechanisms that underlie social inequalities.

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Section: Predictors Of Ambivalent Sexismmentioning

confidence: 99%

Benevolent and hostile sexism in a shifting global context

Barreto

Doyle

2022

Nat Rev Psychol

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“…The three measures of disgust proneness were strongly correlated with one another (rs: 0.62 to 0.69, ps < 0.001). As such, and for parsimony, we created a composite disgust proneness variable by standardizing and averaging the three scores (see Terrizzi et al, 2012;Fitzgerald et al, 2021). The general pattern of results did not differ if the individual disgust proneness scores were used in the analyses (see Supplemental Material).…”

Section: Disgust Pronenessmentioning

confidence: 99%