“What It Means To Be a Woman:” Ambivalent Sexism in Female College Students’ Experiences and Attitudes.

This study used content analysis to examine if themes related to ambivalent sexism (Glick and Fiske ) emerged when female students wrote an essay answering the question “What does it mean to be a woman?” and examined the relationship between Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (ASI) scores (Glick and Fiske...

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Publicado en:Sex Roles Vol. 62; no. 7-8; pp. 554 - 568
Autores principales: Fields, Alice, Swan, Suzanne, Kloos, Bret
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Springer Nature Apr2010
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Sumario:This study used content analysis to examine if themes related to ambivalent sexism (Glick and Fiske ) emerged when female students wrote an essay answering the question “What does it mean to be a woman?” and examined the relationship between Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (ASI) scores (Glick and Fiske ) and content analysis. Participants were 78 female undergraduate students in the Southeastern U.S. Findings revealed themes related to ambivalent sexism were present in 99% of essays, indicating that ambivalent sexism is highly relevant to women’s gendered experiences. Furthermore participants’ ASI scores were positively correlated with a sexism score created from coded essay content. The discussion addresses theoretical and contextual implications of the findings.