Predictors of Turkish Women's and Men's Attitudes toward Sexual Harassment: Ambivalent Sexism, and Ambivalence Toward Men

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2010-12-01

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Sakallı, Nuray
Turgut, Sinem

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This study examined the relationships among ambivalent sexism (hostile/benevolent), ambivalence toward men (hostility/benevolence) and Turkish women/men's attitudes toward sexual harassment, including attitudes toward viewing sexual harassment as a result of provocative behaviors of women (ASHPBW) and attitudes toward viewing sexual harassment as a trivial matter (ASHTM). Participants included 220 Turkish undergraduates (136 female; M(age) = 20.00). They tended to blame women for the incidents of sexual harassment whereas they viewed sexual harassment as a very important social problem. As compared to women, men scored higher in both ASHPBW and ASHTM, suggesting that men are more tolerant of sexual harassment. For both genders, hostile sexism and benevolence toward men predicted ASHPBW. However, for only men, hostile and benevolent sexism predicted ASHTM.

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Developmental and Educational Psychology, Social Psychology, Gender Studies

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/41863

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SEX ROLES

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-010-9847-6

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N. Sakallı and S. Turgut, “Predictors of Turkish Women’s and Men’s Attitudes toward Sexual Harassment: Ambivalent Sexism, and Ambivalence Toward Men,” SEX ROLES, pp. 871–881, 2010, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/41863.