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Cheers To Equality! Both Hostile And Benevolent Sexism Predict Increases In College Women’S Alcohol Consumption, Hannah R. Hamilton, Tracy Dehart
Cheers To Equality! Both Hostile And Benevolent Sexism Predict Increases In College Women’S Alcohol Consumption, Hannah R. Hamilton, Tracy Dehart
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Based on research suggesting that alcohol consumption can be used as a means of coping with negative affect (Cooper et al. 1995), the current study examines sexism as a factor in college women’s alcohol consumption. Despite being more prevalent than hostile sexism, benevolent sexism is often viewed as less sexist (Oswald et al. 2018) and having a less aversive impact on women (Bosson et al. 2010). To increase understanding of the negative effects of both hostile and benevolent sexism, the current study experimentally manipulated sexism during a lab session and measured 176 U.S. college women’s actual alcohol consumption that evening. …