I’m terrible with reading academic texts: is there anyone who can skim/ summarise the findings of the study? (link here) A lot of people are saying that the contents of it don’t match up to what is claimed in the OP, but I’m genuinely too thick not well-versed enough in the field to understand the text.
Either way I’m guessing there’s more to it than one line.
So it’s not quite as simple as the OP, you’re right @orphaner-toolscar. The second study in the text (because there were two; one that only dealt with perceptions of men’s opinions of women and one with why men with low benevolent sexism might be rated as more likely to be abusive by women) found that actually the problem was in the fact that low benevolent sexism (for instance, a lack of chivalry) could be misattributed to sexism. When, however, low benevolent sexism was specifically linked to egalitarian views, these men were viewed in a much more positive light. That is to say, the problem is that not treating women with kindness can be taken as sexism (which makes sense because not treating anyone with kindness could be taken as inherent dislike) but when it’s made clear from the get-go that this is due to egalitarian beliefs and not just being a jerk, than women understand. The problem is that treating women with extra respect has become so normalized that women don’t even always realize that this isn’t how everyone is treated and may assume that men are treated the same way (which they should be, honestly. Opening the door for someone is just nice)
^^reblogging for that last comment especially the last bit.
