Gender & Sexism

Question 1

Hostile Sexism

Answer 1

• Explicit antagonistic attitude towards women

Question 2

Benevolent Sexism

Answer 2

• more “positive”, but often portrays women as incompetent, weak & on a pedestal for men.

Question 3

Benevolent Sexism & womens performance (bardenne, 2007)

Answer 3

• Results: women harshly judged, said that they needed to be more feminim

Question 4

The “backlash” effect

Answer 4

When a women uses a technique a typical male technique to advance & are judged even more negatively than women who did not use the technique

Question 5

Benevolent Sexism & Rape blame

Answer 5

• those who support benevolent sexism more likely to blame rape victims

Question 6

Gender expectations & leadership (Rudman & Glick, 2001)

Answer 6

• both men & women rated as highly competent

* men liked more & hired more than women

Question 7

The “glass cliff”

Answer 7

• women more likely to be hired in risky situations/ organizations in crisis compared to men.

Question 8

Self objectification

Answer 8

objectification of women’s bodies causes women to adopt in outsiders view of themselves.

Question 9

Consequences of self-objetification

Answer 9

• anxiety, regard to appearance
• increased body shame
• restrained eating
• disruptive cognitive function