00000caa a22000003a 4500 UP-8027390931312487487 Buklod 20180419142552.0 o--- | || || ta 180419s xx d r |||| u| (iLib)UPCEB-00010994889 emz Hideg, Ivona. The compassionate sexist? How benevolent sexism promotes and undermines gender equality in the workplace. [article]. pp. 706-727 Although sexist attitudes are generally thought to undermine support for employment equity (EE) policies supporting women, we argue that the effects of benevolent sexism are more complex. Across 4 studies, we extend the ambivalent sexism literature by examining both the positive and the negative effects benevolent sexism has for the support of gender-based EE policies. On the positive side, we show that individuals who endorse benevolent sexist attitudes on trait measures of sexism (Study 1) and individuals primed with benevolent sexist attitudes (Study 2) are more likely to support an EE policy, and that this effect is mediated by feelings of compassion. On the negative side, we find that this support extends only to EE policies that promote the hiring of women in feminine, and not in masculine, positions (Study 3 and 4). Thus, while benevolent sexism may appear to promote gender equality, it subtly undermines it by contributing to occupational gender segregation and leading to inaction in promoting women in positions in which they are underrepresented (i.e., masculine positions). -- (from the authors) Compassion. Gender equality and diversity. Benevolent sexism. Affirmative action/employment equity. Masculinity and femininity. Journal of personality and social psychology vol.111, (5) Nov 2016. Analytics