Feminist or Paternalistic: Understanding Men’s Motivations to Confront Sexism

Confronting or Self-silencing in Response to Sexist Behavior: Exploring Women’s Willingness to Confront Sexism

Past studies on confronting sexism suggest that sexism is not an innocuous annoyance but a serious issue with negative psychological impact. To the best of our knowledge, no research has yet utilized a high-impact design to explore how to encourage women to confront sexist behavior. The present study was designed to explore women’s willingness to confront sexist comments and whether it is possi...

The “True” Romantic: Benevolent Sexism and Paternalistic Chivalry

Understanding ulterior mens rea: future conduct intention is conditional intention

Where criminal offences such as attempt and conspiracy require a defendant (D) to intend future conduct, D’s intention will always be conditional. D’s intention may be explicit ly conditional (eg, D intends to rob the shop, but only if unable to pay her rent), or implic it ly conditional (eg, D intends to rob the shop, but if asked, would not do so if she found it surrounded by police). Rather ...

College Women’s Feminist Identity: A Multidimensional Analysis with Implications for Coping with Sexism

This study examined components of women's feminist identity and possible relations to their reported coping responses to sexism. A sample of 169 undergraduate women (M = 19.4 y, SD = 1.2) from diverse ethnic backgrounds completed surveys assessing their experiences and gender-related views. The first set of analyses revealed that women's social gender identity, exposure to feminism, and gender-...

Bystander Programs: Accommodating or Derailing Sexism?

Bystander programs implemented to meet federal requirements to reduce sexual assaults on college campuses in the United States must include primary prevention. Survey data (n = 280) and interview data (n = 20) presented in this paper explore students' hypothetical and actual willingness to intervene as bystanders. Although most students surveyed (57%) claim they would be very likely to interven...