Ambivalent Sexism and Attitudes Toward Wife Abuse in Turkey and Brazil

By Peter Glick, Nuray Sakallı-Uğurlu, M. C. Ferreira, Marcos Aguiar de Souza. 2002

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Men and women in Turkey and Brazil completed the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (Glick & Fiske, 1996) and measures of attitudes about wife abuse. In both nations hostile sexism (HS) and benevolent sexism (BS) positively correlated with attitudes that legitimize abuse. Regression analyses revealed that HS accounted for unique variance, but BS (once HS was controlled) was unrelated to wife abuse attitudes. These results: (a) add to the evidence for the cross-cultural validity of ambivalent sexism, (b) suggest that HS supports the justification of violence against wives, and (c) imply that the ostensible protectiveness of BS is contingent, failing to shield women from abuse if they are deemed to have challenged a husband's authority or violated conventional gender roles.

Subfields: Gender Studies, Health

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The Joy of Sexism? A Multinational Investigation of Hostile and Benevolent Justifications for Gender Inequality and Their Relations to Subjective Well-Being (2010, background): “Rather, men and women alike tend to hold views of women that contain both positive and negative sentiments (Glick et al. 2002; Jackman 1994; Jost and Kay 2005).”
Gender Stereotypes. (2018, background): “For instance, the admiration for stereotypical qualities of women that characterizes endorsement of benevolent sexist views is associated with acceptance of domestic violence against women (Glick et al. 2002) and a desire to restrict their rights to regulate pregnancy and reproduction (Huang et al.”
Reinforcing the Glass Ceiling: The Consequences of Hostile Sexism for Female Managerial Candidates (2004, background): “In addition Glick et al. (2002) found a positive association between hostile sexism and attitude statements about wife abuse, many of which involved the evaluation of the male protagonist.”
The burden of benevolent sexism: how it contributes to the maintenance of gender inequalities (2005, background): “In sum, although benevolent sexist expressions appear to be positive, they are far from benign (see also Abrams et al., 2003; Glick et al., 2002).”
Ambivalent Sexism, Scriptural Literalism, and Religiosity1 (2005, background): “With a Spanish sample, Glick et al. (2002) found that strong Catholic beliefs were positively related to BS.”