Benevolent Sexism
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Abstract The present research investigated potential disparities in recommendations for coronary artery disease (CAD) as a function of physician benevolent sexism, patient sex, and surgical risk.
Foucault famously remarked that “the homosexual” became a species in the nineteenth century. Queerness ceased to be feature of particular sexual acts; participants were transformed into a class of person. In this sense, “the transgender... more
Across two studies, we examined the extent to which popular anime series contained sexist content and tested whether anime consumption and genre preference were associated with viewers' ambivalent sexism. In Study 1, we content-coded... more
Mihrişah was the headwoman of Sultan Mustafa III (1757-1774) and the mother of Sultan Selim III (1789-1807) in the Ottoman State, and served as a valide sultan between 1789-1805. Mihrişah Valide Sultan became one of the people with the... more
This paper describes how the use of Rasch Analysis (RA), compared with the Classical Test Theory (CTT) and other Item Response Theory (IRT) approaches, could enhance the study and interpretation of attitudinal scales. This is illustrated... more
The recent adoption of bathroom bills restricting trans* people’s access to public bathrooms of their choice in the United States has elicited a vigorous public debate invoking benevolent sexism, heteronormativity, and partisanship. This... more
This study was designed with a purpose to map the existence of benevolent sexism in television commercials by using content analysis and focus group interview research methods. ‘An Ambivalent Alliance’ (Glick & Fiske, 2001) documented... more
This qualitative study explores how urban middle-class north Indian women from the states of Haryana and Delhi practise their reproductive agency within collective and patriarchal settings. Snowballing was used to recruit participants; 45... more
Grounded in the theory of ambivalent sexism, this study tested the speculation that women's benevolent sexist attitudes may be, in part, a self-protective response to environments they perceive as hostile to women. Data that have... more