Benevolent sexism blocks women’s advancement despite appearing favorable.

Evidence

The analysis presented in this chapter suggests that benevolent attitudes toward women can block their advancement, even while, on the surface, appearing to be favorable. Yet, this is such a recent development in prejudice theory that it has not yet undergone systematic research attention. Hopefully, 50 years from now, the discrepancy between the amount of research on benevolent compared with hostile prejudice will have been greatly reduced. — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 776

Categorization

• XREF: Extends the vault’s prejudice-psychology thread; benevolent sexism is the flip side of Allport-era hostility-based prejudice theories.
• QUESTION: The chapter claims benevolent sexism is under-researched relative to hostile sexism — worth checking how much has changed since this volume appeared.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 776