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- Title
Experiencing Sexism and Young Women's Body Esteem.
- Authors
Oswald, Debra L.; Franzoi, Stephen L.; Frost, Katherine A.
- Abstract
This two-study investigation examined the relationship between sexist attitudes and experiences with young women's body esteem. Specifically, we examined whether young women's body esteem was related to their own and their parents' endorsements of benevolent and hostile sexist beliefs and also whether women's body esteem was related to their actual everyday experiences with benevolent and hostile sexism. In Study 1, fathers' endorsement of benevolently sexist beliefs was positively correlated with daughters' weight-related and physical condition body esteem. No similar evidence was found for mothers or for either parent's endorsements of hostile sexist beliefs. In Study 2, young women's body esteem was positively related to their benevolently sexist experiences and negatively related to their hostile sexist experiences. These findings are consistent with ambivalent sexism theory. The results are discussed for their clinical and theoretical implications.
- Subjects
SEXISM; SELF-esteem; YOUNG women; FRATERNAL organizations; ATTITUDE (Psychology); HOSTILITY
- Publication
Journal of Social & Clinical Psychology, 2012, Vol 31, Issue 10, p1112
- ISSN
0736-7236
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1521/jscp.2012.31.10.1112