Abstract
According to ambivalent sexism theory, sexism combines complementary gender ideologies, held by both men and women worldwide, which serve to justify social hierarchy. This chapter reviews how benevolent and hostile attitudes toward women operate in concert to ultimately maintain gender inequity. Research specifically targets the relationship between sexism and system justification as endorsed and enacted by men and women. Hostile and benevolent beliefs map onto widely held prescriptions and proscriptions for men and women; these beliefs shape men's and women's interactions in the private sphere (i.e., the home, close relationships). Finally, these system justifying beliefs extend to the workplace and impede women from progressing in the public sphere.
Original language | English (US) |
---|---|
Title of host publication | Social and Psychological Bases of Ideology and System Justification |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780199869541 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780195320916 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - May 1 2009 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- General Psychology
Keywords
- Exclusion
- Sexism
- Social hierarchy
- System justification
- Women