Prejudice against women and men – correlates, predictors and consequences for romantic relationships

• Authors: Eugenia Mandal , Tomasz Kurzeja

Title variants

PL

Uprzedzenia wobec kobiet i mężczyzn – korelaty, predyktory oraz ich konsekwencje dla romantycznych związków

Abstracts

PL

Celem artykułu jest pokazanie, że współcześnie pomimo przemian obyczajowych, w wielu społeczeństwach występują różne formy uprzedzeń społecznych wobec kobiet i mężczyzn. Wskazano na seksizm tradycyjny i seksizm współczesny, seksizm ambiwalentny, seksizm wrogi i seksizm życzliwy. Zaakcentowano wzajemne związki i komponenty tych zjawisk. Opisano zjawisko poznawczego usprawiedliwiania seksizmu oraz efekt odwetu. Omówiono główne badania naukowe pokazujące związki uprzedzeń ze względu na płeć ze zmiennymi demograficznymi i psychologicznymi. Pokazano konsekwencje seksizmu w bliskich związkach kobiet i mężczyzn.

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The aim of the article is to review analyzes indicating that nowadays, despite moral changes, in many societies there are various forms of social prejudice against women and men. Traditional sexism and contemporary sexism, ambivalent sexism, hostile sexism and benevolent sexism were indicated. The mutual dependencies and components of these phenomena are shown. The phenomenon of cognitive justification of sexism and the effects of retaliation are described. Major research studies linking gender bias to demographic and psychological variables are discussed. It shows the consequences of sexism in close relationships between men and women.

Keywords

EN

prejudice; woman; man; sexism; romantic relationships

PL

uprzedzenie; kobieta; mężczyzna; seksizm; związki romantyczne

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Kazimierza Wielkiego w Bydgoszczy
• Journal: Polskie Forum Psychologiczne
• Year: 2024
• Volume: XXIX
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 21-39

Dates

published

2024

Contributors

author

Eugenia Mandal

• Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach

• https://orcid.org/0000000311251756

author

Tomasz Kurzeja

• Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach

• https://orcid.org/000000020457623X

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DOI

10.34767/PFP.2024.01.02

Biblioteka Nauki

55786818