People resent low-status groups only when they defy traditional roles

Evidence

In a more generic vein, experiments by Ridgeway (2001) found that, while the resource-rich are more likely to be seen as competent and agentic, the resource-poor are more likely to been seen positively as likeable, considerate, and cooperative (see also Fiske, ch. 3 this volume). Glick and Fiske’s (2001) research on “ambivalent sexism” has shown that attitudes toward women bifurcate into “benevolent” and “hostile” types of sexism, depending on whether the female target follows the traditional, deferential (communal) model or the career-oriented, feminist (agentic) model. Hostility is thus reserved only for those women who defy traditional, discriminatory injunctions (Rudman, ch. 7 this volume). — , Rudman, Laurie A - On the Nature of…, 661

Categorization

• DEFINE: Ambivalent sexism’s bifurcation into benevolent vs. hostile types is defined here.
• XREF: Connects to the reader’s interest in moral panics over immodesty — both show hostility is reserved for role-defying not role-conforming group members.