Antecedents of men's hostile and benevolent sexism: the dual roles of social dominance orientation and right-wing authoritarianism.
The authors argue that individual differences in men's Benevolent Sexism (BS) stem from a threat-driven security-cohesion motivation, indexed by Right-Wing Authoritarianism (RWA), whereas Hostile Sexism (HS) stems from a competitively driven motivation for intergroup dominance, indexed by Social Dominance Orientation (SDO). In Study 1, meta-analysis indicated that men's SDO (controlling for RWA) was moderately positively associated with HS (r = .35) but not BS (r = .05), whereas men's RWA (controlling for SDO) was moderately associated with BS (r = .36) but only weakly associated with HS (r = .16). Study 2 replicated and extended these results by also modeling the dual personality traits and world-views underlying HS and BS. In Study 3, longitudinal analyses demonstrated that SDO predicted increases in HS (but not BS) and RWA predicted increases in BS (but not HS) throughout a 5-month period. Relations between the sociostructural and individual difference bases of men's ambivalent sexism are discussed.
Sibley
Chris G
CG
University of Auckland.
Wilson
Marc S
MS
Duckitt
John
J
D000328:Adult; D000339:Affect; D001318:Authoritarianism; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D011057:Politics; D011287:Prejudice; D012380:Role; D012930:Social Dominance; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires