The Ambivalent Sexism Theory suggests that there are two complementary types of sexism: hostile (subjectively negative attitude towards gender groups) and benevolent positive groups). In this meta-analysis we analysed the relationship between ambivalent sexism attitudes toward male-to-female violence or violent behaviour. Violence type, context violence, respondents’ gender, countries’ level in...

Aboriginal women in Canada carry a disproportionate burden of poor health. Aboriginal women have lower life expectancy, elevated morbidity rates, and elevated suicide rates in comparison to non-Aboriginal women (Prairie Women's Health Centre ofExcellence, 2004). Aboriginal women living on reserves have significantly higher rates of coronary heart disease, cancer, cerebrovascular disease and oth...

2 Such as Casey Miller and Kate Swift, The Handbook of Nonsexist Writing for Writers, Editors and Speakers (New York: Lippincott, 1980). A bibliography of other such guides is provided by Francine Frank and Frank Anshen. Language and the Sexes (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1983), pp. 115–19. A computer program, Grammatik, will scan text files and point out sexist terms, sometimes...