Are Sexist Attitudes and Gender Stereotypes Linked? A Critical Feminist Approach With a Spanish Sample

Frontiers in Psychology

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Rubén García-Sánchez¹  Carmen Almendros²  Begoña Aramayona¹  María Jesús Martín¹  María Soria-Oliver³  Jorge S. López⁴  José Manuel Martínez¹ 

[1] Department of Social Psychology and Methodology, Autonomous University of Madrid;Department of Biological and Health Psychology, Autonomous University of Madrid;Faculty of Health Sciences, International University of La Rioja;Department of Psychology and Pedagogy, Public University of Navarre

关键词: sexism;    gender stereotype;    psychometric properties;    invariance;    Spanish men and women;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02410

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

This study aims to verify the psychometric properties of the Spanish versions of the Social Roles Questionnaire (SRQ; Baber and Tucker, 2006 ), Modern Sexism Scale (MS), and Old-Fashioned Sexism Scale (OFS; Swim et al., 1995 ; Swim and Cohen, 1997 ). Enough support was found to maintain the original factor structure of all instruments in their Spanish version. Differences between men and women in the scores are commented on, mainly because certain sexist attitudes have been overcome with greater success in the current Spanish society, while other issues, such as distribution of power in organizational hierarchies or distribution of tasks in the household, where traditional unequal positions are still maintained. In all cases, it was found that men showed greater support for sexist attitudes. The correlations between the three instruments were as expected in assessing sexist attitudes that tend to relate to each other. Eventually, we found no empirical evidence for the postulated link between sexist attitudes and traditional gender stereotypes. Our results call for the validity and effectiveness of the classic theories of gender psychology, such as gender schema theories ( Bem, 1981 ; Markus et al., 1982 ) and the notion of a gender belief system ( Deaux and Kite, 1987 ; Kite, 2001 ).

【 授权许可】

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