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Sexism Linked to Breast Size Preference (springer.com)
6 points by Claudus on March 8, 2013 | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments



What does "benevolently sexist" mean?


"Women are whores and bitches" is malevolent sexism. "Women are nurturing, and thus cannot be front line soldiers" is possibly benevolent sexism.

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambivalent_Sexism)


OK, Thanks.

  Paternalism:
  Hostile/Dominative: Men should control women.
  Benevolent/Protective: Men should protect and care for women.

  Gender Differentiation:
  Hostile/Competitive: Men are superior to women.
  Benevolent/Complementary: places importance on traditional gender roles for
                            women (e.g., mother & wife).
                            Assumes that men depend on women to fulfill these roles.

  Heterosexual hostility: views women as sexual objects for men’s pleasure.
                          Promotes the fear of women’s capacity to manipulate
                          men by engaging in or withholding sexual activity.
  Intimate heterosexuality: romanticizes women as having sexually purity.
                            Views romantic intimacy as necessary to complete a man.




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