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ERIC Number: ED074421
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1973
Pages: 14
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Sexist Attitudes Among Male University Students.
Herman, Michele H.; Sedlacek, William E.
The purpose of this study was to examine the nature of sexist attitudes among male university students. A Situational Attitude Scale of ten personal or social situations with some relevance to a sex related response and 100 bipolar semantic differential word scales was created. Two forms of the instrument, each containing the same situations, bipolar scales and instructions (except that in one form the situation applied to a woman), were administered to 110 males at freshman orientation at the University of Maryland. Although the responses to the forms did not appear immediately to measure sexism, a closer examination reveals that sexism appears to be a stereotype reaction to any change in the sex role, for either sex. This is shown by the fact that in many cases subjects were more positive toward a female in a situation than if sex were not mentioned. The report includes the complete results of the study in table form, as well as references. (Author/SES)
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Authoring Institution: Maryland Univ., College Park. Counseling Center.
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