The Role of Individual Characteristics and External Factors in Explaining Internalised Misogyny

Abstract

Internalizirana mizoginija oblik je internaliziranoga seksizma koji se odnosi na devaluaciju žena, nepovjerenje prema ženama i vjerovanje u mušku superiornost, a javlja se kada žene usvoje seksističke poruke koje čuju tijekom života te ih upućuju drugim ženama. Cilj je ovog istraživanja bio ispitati ulogu individualnih karakteristika te okolinskih utjecaja u objašnjenju internalizirane mizoginije. U istraživanju je sudjelovalo 530 žena u rasponu dobi od 18 do 90 godina. Uzorak je bio reprezentativan za populaciju odraslih žena u Republici Hrvatskoj. Rezultati su pokazali da je internalizirana mizoginija nisko pozitivno povezana s dobi, desnom političkom orijentacijom, religioznosti, diskriminacijom u obitelji i doživljenim rodnim mikroagresijama te nešto više s desničarskom autoritarnosti. Dobivene su i niske negativne povezanosti s obrazovanjem, samopoštovanjem i ovladavanjem poteškoćama. Suprotno očekivanjima, veličina mjesta i konzervativizam nisu bili povezani s internaliziranom mizoginijom. U regresijskom modelu značajnim prediktorima internalizirane mizoginije pokazali su se desna politička orijentacija, viša razina desničarske autoritarnosti, niže samopoštovanje, niži stupanj ovladavanja životnim poteškoćama i češće doživljavanje rodnih mikroagresija. Povezanost doživljenih rodnih mikroagresija i internalizirane mizoginije nije ovisila o stupnju samopoštovanja žena.Internalised misogyny is a form of internalised sexism that refers to devaluing women, distrusting women, and valuing men over women. It occurs when women adopt sexist messages heard throughout their lives and direct them towards other women. The aim of this research was to examine the role of individual characteristics and environmental influences in explaining internalised misogyny. 530 women between 18 and 90 participated in the study. The sample was representative of the population of adult women in Croatia. The results showed that internalised misogyny has a low positive correlation with age, right-wing political orientation, religiosity, discrimination in the family and experienced gender microaggressions, and a somewhat higher correlation with right-wing authoritarianism. Low negative correlations with education, self-esteem and level of mastery were also obtained. Contrary to expectations, the size of the settlement and conservatism were not related to internalised misogyny. In the regression model, right-wing political orientation, higher level of right-wing authoritarianism, lower self-esteem, lower level of mastery and more frequent experience of gender microaggressions were significant predictors of internalised misogyny. The relationship between experienced gender microaggressions and internalised misogyny did not depend on the level of self- -esteem

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