Presentation Year

2018

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Hannah Ferguson PsychologyUndergraduate Student,Bryan SherburnePsychologyGraduate Student,Carolyn MonettePsychologyUndergraduate Student,Vikky JomaPsychologyUndergraduate Student,Desiree GarciaPsychologyUndergraduate Student,Kimberly VazquezPsychologyUndergraduate Student,Christopher AbersonPsychologyFaculty

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Affirmative action policies have been put into place to help women make the steps towards equality and hopefully amend prejudiced attitudes.The current study focuses on types of sexism and their relationship towards affirmative action support. It is hypothesized that higher scores on hostile and benevolent sexism will be associated with decreased support for affirmative action directed towards women. Community members in Northern California (N = 110) were measured. Measures include that of hostile, benevolent, and ambivalent sexism. Results indicate that only hostile sexism is potentially a key factor in determining whether individuals oppose affirmative action directed towards women.

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433

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