Sexism

Liberal women tend to report higher levels of political participation if they have experienced sex-based discrimination, according to new scientific findings published in American Politics Research. But this does not appear to be the case among conservative women. The study...

New research provides evidence that benevolently sexist feedback can induce cardiovascular threat responses in women, even when the feedback is supportive. The findings have been published in the journal Biological Psychology. Benevolent sexism refers to patronizing, paternalistic, and chivalrous beliefs...

Brief exposure to Judeo-Christian religious words can increase the endorsement of sexist attitudes among both men and women, according to a new study published in the journal Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. "Previous research in this area had found that...

New research in Psychology of Women Quarterly suggests that sexism rationalizes gender income inequality by influencing people's beliefs about the reasons men tend to earn more than women. "I became interested in this topic when I noticed the ways in...

New research has found a link between sexist beliefs and support for men's control over women's reproductive choices. The study, published in the Psychology of Women Quarterly, suggests that sexist beliefs are not only associated with the desire to prevent...

Negative attitudes toward women played a role in outcome of the 2016 presidential election, according to research by experimental psychologists at Oklahoma State University. The study, published in the scientific journal Personality and Individual Differences, found that college students who...

New research published in the Archives of Sexual Behavior investigated if women's sexist attitudes influenced how often they experienced an orgasm. "At present, we do not have a good understanding of how our ideologies may form a basis for how...

The human mind is littered with implicit biases that covertly impact perceptions and behaviors. A good example of such a bias is gender stereotyping. Historically, efforts to reduce the negative effects of gender stereotypes have focused on explicitly observable behaviors....

Frequent sexist wisecracks, comments and office cultures where women are ignored are just as damaging to women as single instances of sexual coercion and unwanted sexual attention, according to a new study out today in The Psychology of Women Quarterly (a...

A study on college students from eight universities has found that sexism is positively associated with ageism. The research by Indiana University research Jill M. Chonody, which was published in the feminist journal Affilia, examined whether two types of sexism...

If you want to know what a man's true attitude towards the female sex is, carefully watch how he smiles and chats to her. This advice is gleaned from a study by Jin Goh and Judith Hall of Northeastern University...

Guys who are worried that women are subverting men’s natural and rightful place at the top of society have trouble experiencing fulfilling and rewarding relationships, research published in the Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin has found. The study by Matthew D....

Researchers at the University of the Basque Country (UPV-EHU) have confirmed the link between two types of discriminatory behaviour: sexism and racism.

A new study published in Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, looks at 57 countries and finds that an individual’s sexism leads to gender inequality in the society as a whole—not surprising, but it is the...