Thesis Type: Postgraduate
Institution Of The Thesis: Middle East Technical University, Graduate School of Social Sciences, Turkey
Approval Date: 2019
Thesis Language: English
Student: DİDEM KOSKOS GÜREL
Supervisor: Nuray Sakallı Uğurlu
Abstract:
The main aim of this thesis was to examine
the relationship between ambivalent sexism and gender related system
justification with attitudes toward divorced women. This thesis contributed to
the literature in two ways. First, I investigated attitudes toward divorced
women in detailed and qualitative way. Second, I explored relationship between
system justifying ideologies and ambivalence sexism toward divorced women were
investigated. 413 participants filled the questionnaire (283 females, 130
males). The age range of the participants was between 17 and 60 (M=25.01; SD=
7.50). As measurement tools; Attitudes toward Divorced Women Scale (ADW) which
has three subscales including Vulnerability of Divorced Women (VDW), Expected
Behaviors for Divorced Women (EBDW), Perceived Hyper-Sexualistion of Divorced
Women (PSDW), Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (ASI) which has two subscales
including Hostile Sexism (HS) and Benevolent Sexism (BS), Gender-related System
Justification Scale (GSJ), and demographic information form were used. Linear regression
analysis were conducted for male and female participants separately for each
sub factors of ADW. Results revealed that HS significantly predicted all three
dimensions of ADW for both females and males. Among female participants, BS significantly
predicted VDW and EBDW whereas PSDW was not predicted by BS. Among males, BS
has a unique effect on predicting only EBDW. GSJ was found significantly
predicting VDW and EBDW among both male and female participants. However, PSDW
was not predicted by GSJ among both males and females. Results were discussed
in the light of literature.
Keywords: Attitudes toward Divorced
Women, Ambivalent Sexism, Hostile Sexism, Benevolent Sexism, System
Justification, Gender, Gender-related System Justification