The current study aimed to increase knowledge related to the role of a restrictive relational
strategy in the well-established link between women's experiences of sexism and …

Sexism is a stressor for many women and is related to a host of harmful psychosocial
outcomes, including silencing oneself in social relationships. The present study examined …

This study examined whether relationship orientation was associated positively with
confronting sexism and whether confronting sexism was associated positively with …

This study examined the relationship between internalized misogyny and two other forms of
internalized sexism, self-objectification and passive acceptance of traditional gender roles …

This study examined the impacts of traditional sex role orientation and relationship context
upon women's responses to sexual coercion in a sample of 114 female undergraduates in …

Ambivalent sexism theory (Glick and Fiske 1996, 1997) suggests that sexism takes two
forms: an overt hostility as well as a subtle benevolence. We examined benevolent sexist …

Theoretically, ambivalent sexism maintains gender hierarchy through benevolence toward
conforming women but hostility toward nonconforming women. Men have shown ambivalent …

Perceived sexist events are recognized as stressors that are linked to psychological distress
for those who experience such events (EA Klonoff & H. Landrine, 1995; JK Swim, 2001). In …

Despite evidence to the contrary, research shows that people tend to believe that gender
discrimination is no longer a problem in contemporary societies. How can this be? One …

Social scientists have proposed that traditional gender role socialization contributes to
sexual coercion. Data from 398 students at an eastern state university were used to examine …