Benevolent Sexism at Work

By E. King, W. Botsford, M. Hebl, Stephanie M. Kazama, J. Dawson, A. Perkins. 2012

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Hostile and Benevolent Sexism and College Women’s STEM Outcomes (2017, background): “…or a tendency to ignore women’s contributions to STEM tasks, whereas benevolent deliveries may involve treating women as if they cannot handle difficult STEM challenges (Bernstein & Russo, 2008; King et al., 2012) or have communal personalities that are ill-suited for competitive STEM environments.”
Positive Stereotypes Are Pervasive and Powerful (2015, background): “…beliefs of benevolent sexism negatively influence the extent to which men assign challenging yet professionally constructive opportunities to women but not men, such that women are “protected” from the burden of difficult work essential to occupational advancement and success (King et al., 2012).”
Placing Job Characteristics in Context: Cross-Temporal Meta-Analysis of Changes in Job Characteristics Since 1975 (2018, result): “…this interpretation, recent research found that although both male and female managers reported an equal number of developmental work experiences, these experiences were qualitatively different in that men’s experiences were significantly more challenging than those of women (King et al., 2012).”