Are women in China sexist toward other women? A study of Chinese college students.
This study assessed the extent to which social sexism affects Chinese women's perception and evaluation of other women's performance. A sample of 100 college women was selected in a top university in Beijing, China, and was asked to read six scholastic essays and then evaluate the quality of the essays and competence of the authors. Male and female names were randomly assigned as authors of the essays, and the respondents were blind to the arrangement. Results showed that the essays assumed to be written by male authors did not receive higher scores than those assumed to be written by female authors on quality or competence items. Sexism is not marked among these highly educated young women.
Zhang
Jie
J
Central University of Finance and Economics, Beijing, China. zhangj@buffalostate.edu
Hennessy
Dwight A
DA
Luo
Jing
J
Song
Yaping
Y
Ren
Kailin
K
Zhang
Qian
Q
Han
Zhifang
Z
Yao
Ping
P
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001319:Authorship; D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D004522:Educational Status; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008297:Male; D009790:Occupations / Q000145:classification; D011287:Prejudice; D012737:Sex Factors; D012922:Social Change; D012938:Social Perception; D013240:Stereotyping; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014495:Universities; D014930:Women / Q000523:psychology*; D014956:Writing / Q000592:standards