Benevolent sexism is like a wolf in sheep's clothing

Benevolent sexism is like a wolf in sheep's clothing(sciencedaily.com)

1 points by Eye_of_Mordor 11 years ago | 3 comments

jstanley 11 years ago |

This just seems to be saying "all men are sexist" and redefining sexism to be basically all behaviour -- if you smile a lot you're a benevolent sexist, and if you don't you're a hostile sexist.

maxerickson 11 years ago | |

Full text is here:

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11199-015-0451-7/f...

They correlate something called "Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (ASI)", which is a (short) questionnaire, with the impressions of observers.

So they are saying that scores on the ASI correlated with the various interpretations.

GFK_of_xmaspast 11 years ago | |

Consider reading the actual article instead : http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11199-015-0451-7 (it appears to be open access)