مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري

Abstract :

Aim. The purpose of the study wasto investigate to what extent sexism (in traditional size) is arising either from benevolent or hostile tendencies and whether there is a relationship between these two dimensions in terms of both famale and male participants by using the Ambivalent Sexism scale that includes both hostile and benevolent sexism. Method. The sampling was formed by 422 Cumhuriyet University students. The data of the study were obtained from a questionnaire which determined theisocio-demographic characteristics of the students and by Ambivalent Sexism scale determining the sexism tendency. Results. The overall mean of the scale was 4.12. The male students and female students had ambivalence feelings against each other. The male students had higher ambivalence feelings than female students. Hostile sexism in the male students , and benevolent sexism together with complementary gender differentiation in female students) had been found to be significantly different in terms of sexes. There was a linear and significant correlation between the factors of hostile sexism and benevolent sexism). According the sexes, the factor correlations of hostile sexism and benevolent sexism showed that the female students hade higher correlation scores than male students. There was not a significant relationship between hostile sexism and benevolent sexism in male students. Conclusion. The results showed that the female students reacted more intensely to hostile sexism in casethere is higher hostile sexism and they perceive hostile sexism asprejudicement and discrimination while their approach to benevolent sexism is positive.