Search results for benevolent sexism

Social Sciences Apr 8, 2010

According to a study, change in social roles of men and women may increase gender violence

Changes in social roles of men and women may cause the increase of gender violence. When sexist men feel their power threatened within their relationship, they may use violence as a way to restore their lost power.

Social Sciences Nov 12, 2009

Rethinking sexism: Study examines how society maintains the status quo

There is a tendency to think that only men treat women in a sexist way, but a new study by a University of Miami researcher and his daughter shows that both men and women participate in maintaining a gender hierarchy in our ...

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