Title |
Ambivalent Sexism in Close Relationships: (Hostile) Power and (Benevolent) Romance Shape Relationship Ideals
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Published in |
Sex Roles, April 2010
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DOI | 10.1007/s11199-010-9770-x |
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Authors |
Tiane L. Lee, Susan T. Fiske, Peter Glick, Zhixia Chen |
Abstract |
Gender-based structural power and heterosexual dependency produce ambivalent gender ideologies, with hostility and benevolence separately shaping close-relationship ideals. The relative importance of romanticized benevolent versus more overtly power-based hostile sexism, however, may be culturally dependent. Testing this, northeast US (N=311) and central Chinese (N=290) undergraduates rated prescriptions and proscriptions (ideals) for partners and completed Ambivalent Sexism and Ambivalence toward Men Inventories (ideologies). Multiple regressions analyses conducted on group-specific relationship ideals revealed that benevolent ideologies predicted partner ideals, in both countries, especially for US culture's romance-oriented relationships. Hostile attitudes predicted men's ideals, both American and Chinese, suggesting both societies' dominant-partner advantage. |
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United States | 5 | 100% |
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Members of the public | 5 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 5 | 3% |
Poland | 1 | <1% |
Germany | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 153 | 96% |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 31 | 19% |
Student > Bachelor | 28 | 18% |
Student > Master | 22 | 14% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 17 | 11% |
Researcher | 12 | 8% |
Other | 24 | 15% |
Unknown | 26 | 16% |
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Psychology | 99 | 62% |
Social Sciences | 12 | 8% |
Business, Management and Accounting | 3 | 2% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 1% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 2 | 1% |
Other | 10 | 6% |
Unknown | 32 | 20% |