Ambivalent Sexism and Attitudes Toward Wife Abuse in Turkey and Brazil

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 t...

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Published in:Psychology of women quarterly 2002-12, Vol.26 (4), p.292-297
Main Authors: Glick, Peter, Sakalli-Ugurlu, Nuray, Ferreira, Maria Cristina, Souza, Marcos Aguiar de
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age Differences
Ambivalence
Attitude Measures
Attitudes
Brazil
Comparative Analysis
Comparative studies
Correlation
Cross Cultural Studies
Domestic violence
Educational Attainment
Family Violence
Females
Feminism
Feminist psychology
Foreign Countries
Gender Bias
Gender Discrimination
Gender roles
Husbands
Intimate partner violence
Justification
Men
Predictor Variables
Protectiveness
Psychology
Sex Role
Sexism
Social Attitudes
Social Bias
Spouses
Turkey
Wives
Womens studies
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0361-6843
1471-6402
DOI:10.1111/1471-6402.t01-1-00068