Sexismo ambivalentemedición y correlatos

Abstract

In western countries there have been important changes in the public expression of sexist beliefs. Thus, openly admitting that one believes women are inferior to men is not something one can safely tell in the 1990s. However, several indices show that sex discrimination is far from being out of style. This contradictory situation led some authors to portulate the existence of subtle or covert forms of sexism. According to Glick and Fiske (1996), Ambivalent Sexism combines traditional sexism (hostile) with benevolent sexism, defined as a set of interrelated attitudes toward women that are sexist in terms of viewing women stereotypically and in restricted roles but are subjectively positive in feeling tone. In this research participated 1110 men, different in age, educational level, marital and labor status, etc., who answered the Spanish version of ASI (Ambivalent Sexism Inventory) as well as other measures of traditional sexim and men's interest. Results show that Spanish version of ASI has satisfactory convergent, discriminant and predictive validity. Results are discussed with reference to gender intergroup relations and to theories of new forms of prejudice