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The Ambivalent Sexism Inventory: Differentiating hostile and benevolent sexism.

Abstract
The authors present a theory of sexism formulated as ambivalence toward women and validate a corresponding measure, the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (ASI). The ASI taps 2 positively correlated components of sexism that nevertheless represent opposite evaluative orientations toward women: sexist antipathy or Hostile Sexism (HS) and a subjectively positive ( for sexist men ) orientation toward women,...
Keywords
Psychology
Social psychology
Ambivalence
Hostility
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Gender equality



The Ambivalent Sexism Inventory: Differentiating hostile and benevolent sexism.

The Ambivalent Sexism Inventory: Differentiating hostile and benevolent sexism.

Abstract
The authors present a theory of sexism formulated as ambivalence toward women and validate a corresponding measure, the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (ASI). The ASI taps 2 positively correlated components of sexism that nevertheless represent opposite evaluative orientations toward women: sexist antipathy or Hostile Sexism (HS) and a subjectively positive ( for sexist men ) orientation toward women,...
Keywords
Psychology
Social psychology
Ambivalence
Hostility
Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
Gender equality