ambivalent sexism

ambivalent sexism

a type of sexism that is characterized by the coexistence of negative and positive attitudes toward one of the two sexes. For example, such attitudes toward women might involve fear and hostility on the one hand and an exaggerated chivalry and protectiveness on the other. [initially described in 1996 by U.S. social psychologists Peter Glick and Susan T. Fiske (1952–  )]