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Benevolent sexism is like a wolf in sheep's clothing (sciencedaily.com)
1 point by Eye_of_Mordor on March 10, 2015 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


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.


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.


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




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