Below are a series of statements concerning men and women and their relationships in contemporary society. Please indicate the degree to which you agree or disagree with each statement using the scale below:

Note: To take this test, I recommend that you print a hard copy and answer each question in the blanks provided. Scoring methods are provided at the end.

0	1	2	3	4	5
disagree	disagree	disagree	agree	agree	agree
strongly	somewhat	slightly	slightly	somewhat	strongly

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____ 1. No matter how accomplished he is, a man is not truly complete as a person unless he has the love of a woman.

____ 2. Many women are actually seeking special favors, such as hiring policies that favor them over men, under the guise of asking for "equality."

____ 3. In a disaster, women ought not necessarily to be rescued before men.

____ 4. Most women interpret innocent remarks or acts as being sexist.

____ 5. Women are too easily offended.

____ 6. People are often truly happy in life without being romantically involved with a member of the other sex.

____ 7. Feminists are not seeking for women to have more power than men.

____ 8. Many women have a quality of purity that few men possess.

____ 9. Women should be cherished and protected by men.

____ 10. Most women fail to appreciate fully all that men do for them.

____ 11. Women seek to gain power by getting control over men.

____ 12. Every man ought to have a woman whom he adores.

____ 13. Men are complete without women.

____ 14. Women exaggerate problems they have at work.

____ 15. Once a woman gets a man to commit to her, she usually tries to put him on a tight leash.

____ 16. When women lose to men in a fair competition, they typically complain about being discriminated against.

____ 17. A good woman should be set on a pedestal by her man.

____ 18. There are actually very few women who get a kick out of teasing men by seeming sexually available and then refusing male advances.

____ 19. Women, compared to men, tend to have a superior moral sensibility.

____ 20. Men should be willing to sacrifice their own well being in order to provide financially for the women in their lives.

____ 21. Feminists are making entirely reasonable demands of men.

____ 22. Women, as compared to men, tend to have a more refined sense of culture and good taste.

SCORING:

REVERSE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS: 3, 6, 7, 13, 18, 21

(i.e., 0 becomes 5, 1 becomes 4, etc.)

HOSTILE SEXISM (HS) SCORE = average the following items:

2,4,5,7,10,11,14,15,16,18,21

BENEVOLENT SEXISM (BS) SCORE = average the following items:

1,3,6,8,9,12,13,17,19,20,22

OVERALL AMBIVALENT SEXISM SCORE = average of HOSTILE and BENEVOLENT SEXISM scores.

WHAT YOUR SCORE MEANS:

The ASI is intended mainly to measure MEN'S attitudes toward women. Women, however, can also take the scale.

Scores above 2.5 one each scale can be considered relatively "sexist."

HOSTILE SEXISTS (2.5 and above on the HS subscale) are likely to hold negative stereotypes of women who reject traditional female roles and behaviors (e.g., feminists, career women).

BENVEOLENT SEXISTS (2.5 and above on the BS subscale) tend to have particularly positive feelings about and stereotypes of women who embrace traditional roles (e.g., homemakers, moms), but are not necessarily hostile toward women who reject these roles (unless they are also hostile sexists).

AMBIVALENT SEXISTS (2.5 and above on both HS and BS) have the traits of both hostile and benevolent sexists and tend to have polarized or extreme reactions to women depending on which aspect of their attitudes is activated (e.g., the same person may be highly hostile to career women, but reverent toward homemakers).

NON-SEXISTS (below 2.5 on both HS and BS) tend to be more egalitarian.

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