PSYC12H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter supplemental reading: Ambivalent Sexism, Social Inequality, Paternalism

• School: UTSC
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC12H3
• Professor: Michael Inzlicht

Document Summary

Hostile and benevolent sexism as complimentary justifications for gender inequality. Benevolent sexism favourable and chivalrous ideology that offers protection and affection to women who embrace conventional roles: by rewarding women for conforming to a patriarchal status quo, this inhibits gender inequality implies women are weak. Hostile sexism a(cid:448)e(cid:396)sio(cid:374) to(cid:449)a(cid:396)ds (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) (cid:449)ho a(cid:396)e (cid:448)ie(cid:449)ed as usu(cid:396)pi(cid:374)g (cid:373)e(cid:374)(cid:859)s po(cid:449)e(cid:396) (controlling them) Benevolent sexism coexists with hostile sexism and they are both cross-culturally prevalent ideologies that predict gender inequality. Women reject hostile sexism but endorse benevolent sexism. Pomeroy (social historian) suggested that classical representations of women fit into the polarised categories of goddesses, whores, wives and slaves. Most researchers identify sexism as hostility toward women, ignoring the tendency to place some on a pedestal. Ambivalent sexism inventory (asi) a 22 item self-report measure of sexist attitudes with separate 11 item hostile and benevolent sexism scales more than 15 000 participants across.