Evaluating Measures of Contemporary Sexism

Abstract

Two recently published measures of contemporaty sexist attitudes were examined and compared with a sample of 106 Canadian college students. Swim, Aikin, Hall, and Hunter's (1995) Modern Sexism scale was found to be an acceptable measure of sexist attitudes in terms of its internal reliability and its ability to predict other gender-related political attitudes. Although the Modern Sexism scale and the Neosexism scale (Tougas, Brown, Beaton, & Joly, 1995) were equally good at predicting support for the feminist movement and attitudes toward lesbians and gay men, the Neosexism scale had better internal reliability and exhibited stronger gender differences. Moreover, the Neosexism scale was superior at predicting value orientations relevant to modern prejudices.Sexism, or the endorsement of discriminatory or prejudicial beliefs based on sex, is typically equated with stereotypical conceptions of the sexes and the adoption of a traditional gender-role ideology (Frable, 1989; Rombough Q Ventimiglia, 1981). Overtly negative attitudes toward women have decreased over the past few decades (Mason & Lu, 1988;Myers, 1993). Although measuring controversial attitudes has always been difficult (Myers, 1993), the current cultural climate makes it especially unlikely that respondents will openly espouse prejudicial attitudes toward women. Indeed, because blatant derogation of minority groups has become increasingly stigmatized, measuring prejudicial attitudes has become a particularly daunting task. In response to the changes in societal norms witnessed in recent years, attempts have been made to distinguish We thank Jessie Hirt for her assistance with data collection.

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