مرکز منطقه ای اطلاع رساني علوم و فناوري

Abstract :

Objective: The aim of this study is to test ambivalent sexism inventory (ASI) and ambivalence towards men inventory (AMI), which were developed on the basis of the Ambivalent Sexism approach. Method: The sampling was formed by 422 students (252 women and 169 men) from University of Cumhuriyet. The data of the study were obtained from the questionnaire determining their socio-demographic characteristics of the students and AMI and ASI in order to determine their tendencies of sexism. After obtaining the permission from the Rectorate of Cumhuriyet University, the application was carried out with the help of academic staff at relevant faculties and vocational schools between 01.02.2012 and 30.04.2012. Results: When the overall average of the scores obtained from ASI and AMI were considered, it was found out that the ambivalence of the participants against each other (with ASI x=4,12; AMI x=4,22) was above the average; and men (with x= 4,23) had more ambivalence compared to women (x=4,05) in ASI, and women (x=4,38) had more ambivalence compared to men (x=3,99) in AMI. The data obtained from the variance analysis suggested that there were significant differences among the participants by gender, which were Hostile sexism (HS) for men (t(421)=-7,99 p 0,05), Benevolent sexism (BS) for women (t(421)=4,28 p 0,05) in ASI; and Hostility attitudes towards men (HM) for women (t(421)=-15,33 p 0,05), Benevolence towards men (BM)for men (t(421)= -5,18 p 0,05). In other words, male participants had more hostile attitudes towards women in ASI and female participants had more hostile attitudes towards men in AMI. When the correlations among the sub-factors of AMI and ASI are considered, the correlations between HM and BS (0.47), BM and HS (0.47), and BM and BS (0.40) are statistically important. These findings suggest that the benevolent attitudes towards men are in a positive relationship with both benevolent and hostile sexism against women. Conclusions: The obtained data suggest that the students who continue their education in University of Cumhuriyet have traditional attitudes on social sexism.