Demographic factors and sexist beliefs as predictors of condom use among Latinos in the USA

Albarracín, Julia; Plambeck, Chad R

doi:10.1080/09540121.2010.487089

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“…Similar to Albarracin and Plambeck (2010) and Vandello et al (2009), our findings suggest that it is important to study ambivalent sexism among Hispanics. Although their studies focused on how sexism was linked to specific harmful behaviors, such as not using condoms as well as indirect violence against women, our study focused on attitudes embedded in relational scripts.…”

Section: Ambivalent Sexism and Latino Cultural And Stereotypical Depisupporting

confidence: 89%

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Bermúdez

Sharp

Taniguchi

2013

Journal of Family Issues

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Drawing on ambivalent sexism and Chicana feminist theories, the purpose of the study was to explore ambivalent sexism and traditional relational scripts among a regional sample of 141 Hispanic young adults. Data derived from self-report questionnaires indicated that men scored higher on hostile sexism and traditional relational scripts but not on benevolent sexism. Structural equation modeling with maximum likelihood procedure was applied and path analyses indicated that, for both men and women, higher endorsement of benevolent and hostile sexism predicted higher traditional dating scripts and family roles. Gender made a difference only in relation to hostile sexism on traditional dating scripts, with men having a stronger association than women. Women's strongest path was between hostile sexism and family scripts. We discuss these nuanced gendered differences between dating and family relationships as well as stereotypical gendered and cultural notions of Hispanic values. Implications are considered.

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Section: Ambivalent Sexism and Latino Cultural And Stereotypical Depisupporting

confidence: 89%

Tapping Into the Complexity

Bermúdez

Sharp

Taniguchi

2013

Journal of Family Issues

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“…Abounding literature identified gender factors (including gender, sexism, and gender stereotypes) as significant drivers of HIV infection in HIV/AIDS prevalent areas [13,25,26]. Gender, as a cultural symbolization of sexual difference has had a profound mark on human existence and has been linked with increased vulnerability to HIV infection [1,[27][28][29]. Specifically, gender inequality has been implicated for increased risk and vulnerability to HIV infection as well as sexual risk behaviour [26][27][28][29][30][31].…”

Section: Introduction/backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Gender, as a cultural symbolization of sexual difference has had a profound mark on human existence and has been linked with increased vulnerability to HIV infection [1,[27][28][29]. Specifically, gender inequality has been implicated for increased risk and vulnerability to HIV infection as well as sexual risk behaviour [26][27][28][29][30][31]. Researchers noted that gender inequality is often borne out of gender stereotypes and sexist orientation [32,33].…”

Section: Introduction/backgroundmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Gender and Psychosocial Factors on Perceived Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS Infection among Young and Middle Aged Adults in Benin City, Nigeria

Olubola¹

2014

J Psychol Psychother

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Objective: Nigeria’s effort to curb the spiralling pandemic of HIV has yielded little result despite her reputation as\ud the country with the second largest number of HIV infected persons in the world. Theories of preventive health\ud behaviour posit that perceived vulnerability to health threats motivates self-protective behaviour. This study aimed to\ud examine the predicting role of the psychosocial and gender factors in the perception of vulnerability to HIV infection.\ud Design: This survey study adopted a cross-sectional research design.\ud Method: Participants were young and middle aged adult-volunteers (N= 302, male = 181, female = 121, mean\ud age = 23.9 years) drawn from four local Governments in Benin City of Nigeria. Participants responded to a\ud standardized self-reported questionnaire consisting demographics, ambivalent sexism, gender stereotype, sexual\ud assertiveness, health locus of control, and perceived vulnerability scales. Data analyses include descriptive,\ud Pearson moment correlation, t-test, ANOVA and multiple regression analyses.\ud Result: Data showed that age, gender stereotype, hostile sexism, benevolent sexism, sexual assertiveness and\ud health locus of control jointly accounted for 24.4% (p < 0.001) of the variance observed in the participants’\ud perception of their vulnerability to HIV infection. Independently, only gender stereotype and hostile sexism\ud contributed significantly to the observed variance. Poor perception of vulnerability to HIV infection was significantly\ud and positively related to hostile sexism, benevolent sexism, gender stereotype and higher external locus of control.\ud Recommendation: Attitude change programmes should be more gender sensitive and targeted to challenge\ud sexist orientation, gender stereotypes and health belief system

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“…Thus, although engaging in intercourse out of a desire to promote a relationship may very well lead to positive inter-and intra-personal outcomes; the current findings suggest that these benefits may come with a cost (i.e., less condom use). Coupled with Albarracin and Plambeck's (2010) work showing that men with benevolent sexist attitudes are less likely to report condom use with their primary partner (Albarracin and Plambeck speculate this is because benevolently sexist men are more trusting of women and perceive them to be "pure" and STI-free), the present results are particularly noteworthy-and troubling-for women in relationships with such men: they (and their partners) may be doubly at risk of engaging in unprotected sex because the sexist attitudes and behaviors their partners bring to the bedside may curtail both parties' safer sex practices. The current study indicated that personal, sexual behaviors may be shaped by larger social forces (such as perceived sexism), and hence, underscores the importance of contextualizing condom use within the broader social landscape and not taking an overly individualistic approach to understanding risky sexual behavior.…”

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confidence: 98%

Everyday Exposure to Benevolent Sexism and Condom Use Among College Women

Fitz

Zucker

2015

Women & Health

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Understanding factors related to condom use is critical in reducing the spread of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), especially for women, who are disproportionately affected by many STIs. Extant work has shown that perceived sexism is one such factor associated with lower levels of condom use among women, but has yet to explore whether benevolent sexism in particular-a subtle form of sexism that often goes unnoticed and increases cognitions and behaviors consistent with traditional female gender roles (e.g., sexual submissiveness)-relates negatively to this safer-sex practice. The present research tested this possibility and, in addition, examined whether relational sex motives, which reflect a desire to engage in sex as a means to foster partners' sexual satisfaction, mediated the relation between benevolent sexism and condom use. During the spring of 2011, female college students (N = 158) reported how often they experienced benevolent sexism in their daily lives and, 2 weeks later, their relational sex motives and condom use. Supporting hypotheses results indicated that greater exposure to benevolent sexism was associated significantly with lower condom use, and that relational sex motives mediated this relationship. We discuss implications for women's well-being, including ways to promote safer sex in the face of sexism.

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Demographic factors and sexist beliefs as predictors of condom use among Latinos in the USA

Cited by 19 publications

References 16 publications

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The Role of Gender and Psychosocial Factors on Perceived Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS Infection among Young and Middle Aged Adults in Benin City, Nigeria

Everyday Exposure to Benevolent Sexism and Condom Use Among College Women

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