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Individual and Situational Factors Related to Young Womenâs Likelihood of Confronting Sexism in Their Everyday Lives
Factors related to young womenâs reported likelihood of confronting sexism were investigated. Participants were 338 U.S. female undergraduates (Mâ=â19Â years) attending a California university. They were asked to complete questionnaire measures and to write a personal narrative about an experience with sexism. Approximately half (46%) the women reported confronting the perpetrator. Individual factors (prior experience with sexism, feminist identification, collective action) and situational factors (familiarity and status of perpetrator, type of sexism) were tested as predictors in a logistic regression. Women were less likely to report confronting sexism if (1) they did not identify as feminists, (2) the perpetrator was unfamiliar or high-status/familiar (vs. familiar/equal-status), or (3) the type of sexism involved unwanted sexual attention (vs. sexist comments)
Mindsets about malleability and intergroup relations
We live in a world rife with unwanted intergroup bias. Is this inevitable, or can it be changed? Recent research suggests that peopleâs perspectives on this question may determine which reality emerges, one in which intergroup relations come to be improved over time, or one in which they are continually marked by intergroup divisions and bias. This chapter reviews the body of research on mindsets about malleability and stereotyping, prejudice, and discrimination both from the perspective of perceivers (who exhibit bias) and targets (who experience bias). Given the evidence showing the importance of mindsets about malleability for the production of bias, peopleâs responses to it, and real-world intergroup reconciliation,
we advocate an approach to the study of intergroup relations that considers peopleâs lay
theories about malleability. Throughout, we discuss the implications and open questions that
arise from this theoretical perspective