Effects of Benevolent and Hostile Sexism on Women's Verbal and Quantitative Performance

According to the Ambivalent Sexism Theory (Glick and Fiske 1996), classical definitions of prejudice and discrimination are inadequate in explaining sexism because experiences of discrimination generally are observed between groups which are in unilateral dependence; however, sexism is usually experienced between groups of men and women in mutual dependence. The interdependence of men and women for sexuality and reproduction requires these groups to approach each other with positive feelings. [...]instead of accepting a single definition of sexism in a negative tone, in this theoretical perspective, it is argued that there are two different types of sexism complementing each other with both positive and negative arguments. According to this approach, the open nature of HS lead women to feel anger, have a desire to unjustify such sexism and reveal their motivation to outperform men. [...]it's predicted that a rise in their CP levels would be observed.