Are You Sexist?

[janterry]

Ideas about women and men are culturally bound (for all of us).

However, researchers have developed a psychometric scale that explores attitudes of hostility and benevolence. The idea is just to give people some pause about how they perceive women - perhaps it tells them something about how they were raised or their attachment to their culture (which is changing, as we all know .

Here's a link if you are so inclined:

http://www.understandingprejudice.org/asi/

[Glamrock]

1. I thought so....

.73 on hostile sexism, 1.45 on benevolent sexism.

[Dale Neiburg]

2. Hostile 0.64, benevolent 1.91 n/t

[Luciferous]

3. .91, 1

[handmade34]

4. hmmm

0.00 hostile
0.09 benevolent

[BlueTsunami2018]

5. 1.45 Hostile/1.18 benevolent

At least one of the questions was worded ambiguously but it was pretty straightforward overall.

[janterry]

6. I'm in my 50's

and I can see myself answering differently at different times in my life. Even when I talk to my teenager - I see how much things have changed (her generation is so open).

[SunSeeker]

7. Sad that the worldwide average is 3 out of 5 on both.

There is so much hostility to women, by both sexes.

[janterry]

8. I showed my daughter the site

Too Young to Wed
I should post it, it's so shocking
http://tooyoungtowed.org/

We may have come a long way, but it's clear that we have a long way to go

[Ezior]

9. I'm gay and my mom is a very strong, independent woman

So apparently I'm not too bad when it comes to the hostile / benevolent sexism rating.

0.1 / 0.6 (rounded)

As a gay man, I don't really get the benevolent racism thing ("ooooh women are so beatiful when they care for my kids, I will work my ass off while she cares for the kids!11" – no thanks). And as I have witnessed my mom's toughness even before I was born, I know that statements like "all women …" are just BS.

[oberliner]

10. Interestingly this website/organization is completely male dominated

Site Credits
The site was developed by Professor Scott Plous of Wesleyan University, co-designed with Mike Lestik, and programmed by David Jensenius and Mike Lestik. It also benefited from the talents of several student interns.

http://www.understandingprejudice.org/about/

Developed by a man, co-designed with another man, programmed by two men.

[Docreed2003]

12. Hmm...suggests inherent bias, does it not?

[janterry]

15. Maybe

It's a psychometric scale. The questions should have been developed from the research......not the researchers.

Social research can be kind of squishy (you're right). But even so, I think it's been used so much - in research - that it has pretty good reliability/validity.

ETA: the authors of the scale are Peter Glick and Susan Fiske (so one man and one woman)

[janterry]

16. I think the scale was designed by a man and a woman

the site was designed by men, perhaps.

The scale authors: Peter Glick and Susan Fiske

[LanternWaste]

18. I think your use of the word "completely" is inaccurate.

I think your use of the word "completely" is inaccurate.

[ProfessorGAC]

11. 0.9 and 2.9

And the test is BS

[mythology]

13. I think they questions are rather biased

For example questions like "do you think a man should have a woman he adores" or "do you think women exaggerate their problems at work" don't allow for no more so than a woman should have a man she adores or that men exaggerate their problems at work just as much. Not to mention being very heteronormative.

[Bettie]

14. Hostile: .09, Benevolent: .64

However, I found some of the questions kind of hard to answer in an either/or way.

[janterry]

17. It's true

Though it is a likert (so it's not just yes and no).

I've seen this scale for quite some time - and I have had different relationships to the questions -

IDK In real life I'm pretty indecisive - so I think it's just my karma

[Floyd R. Turbo]

19. Interesting!

Hostile Sexism Score: 0.00
Benevolent Sexism Score: 0.91

[LeftInTX]

20. Hostile Sexism Score: 0.64 Benevolent Sexism Score: 1.82

Whatever....interesting survey, better than most internet surveys.