Ambivalent sexism theory recognizes that sexist attitudes maintain gender inequalities via
sociocultural and close relationship processes. This review advances established work on …

Highlights•Insecurity links to prejudice via different mechanisms, but most involve
threat.•Research using priming methods suggests attachment insecurity may cause …

Protecting men's power is fundamental to understanding the origin, expression, and targets
of hostile sexism, yet no prior theoretical or empirical work has specified how hostile sexism …

Benevolent sexism prescribes that men should cherish and protect women in intimate
relationships. Despite the romantic tone of these attitudes, prior research indicates that …

We examine how relational needs underlie sexism by conducting a meta-analysis (k= 22;
N= 4,860) on the links between adults' romantic attachment and endorsement of ambivalent …

Recent research has shown that narcissistic men in the United States express more
ambivalent sexism than their non-narcissistic counterparts. The present study sought to …

Attachment is an innate human relational mechanism that develops progressively from early
childhood, influences individuals' representations and behaviors, shapes relationships, and …

Paternalism refers to the ideology that women need men's protection (Glick and Fiske 2001),
which is associated with greater acceptance of the gender status quo (Jost and Kay 2005) …

Sexism has implications for people's physical and mental health. Thus, understanding
sexism and its prevalence is key to understanding the phenomenon. In the current study …

Benevolent sexism prescribes that men are dependent on women in relationships and
should cherish their partners. The current research examined whether perceiving male …