You will be asked to take the
Ambivalent Sexism Inventory
and compare your scores to other site visitors and people in other countries. You will then discuss what you thought their scores would be, explore the constructs of benevolent and hostile sexism, and describe how these forms of sexism could be reduced. You will also reflect on your experiences and observations of hostile and benevolent sexism. [MO 6.1, MO 6.2]
Instructions
- Based on your readings on ambivalent sexism (i.e., benevolent and hostile sexism) think about how you would score on a measure of ambivalent sexism. Then, take the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory and compare your scores to other site visitors, people in other countries (which are provided at the end of the survey), and your own expectations of your scores.
- In the paper, reflect on what you’ve learned about ambivalent sexism. Start with defining ambivalent sexism and its components. Reflect on your experiences and observations of hostile and benevolent sexism. Have you seen examples of this in your everyday life or in the media? Share those experiences or observations.
- Compare ambivalent sexism with other measures of prejudice. Discuss what you thought your scores would be and explore the constructs of benevolent and hostile sexism.
- Discuss the difficulties that people may encounter identifying benevolent sexism and the costs of ambivalent sexism.
- Describe how these forms of sexism could be reduced.
APA Style citations are required when defining and discussing research on ambivalent sexism. This writing assignment should be 3 to 4 pages (750 to 1000 words) using 12-point Times New Roman and 1-inch margins. Citations/references should not be included in the page/word count.
LINKS NEEDED FOR THE ASSIGNMENT
Writing on Benevolent Sexism:Glick, P. (2013).
BS at work: How benevolent sexism undermines women and justifies backlash
. In Gender and work: Challenging conventional wisdom.
Ambivalent Sexism Inventory : (
UnderstandingPrejudice.org: Ambivalent Sexism Inventory
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