This Quiz Determines If You’re Sexist
In a Nutshell
Freya endorses "benevolent sexism" scale items like women deserving protection and men sacrificing for them, which the host labels as sexist toward men, introducing "mismeasurement of men" to critique flawed scales that pathologize natural sex differences and women's preferences for protective, formidable mates. Examples include Thai CCTV footage of women fighting off attackers while male companions hide, polls showing unwillingness to protect hurts attractiveness more than cheating, and trade-offs in male aggression control. Liberal women's unhappiness ties to unmet needs for belonging and stability, not true sexism, with modern "dangerous ecologies" like rough urban areas amplifying these evolved preferences.
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Host questions Freya, described as the voice of Gen Z women, on sexism. Tanya's views are already known as they work together. Questions: Is it sexist towards men or women to believe:
- Women have a superior moral sensibility. >> Sexist toward men.
- Women have a quality of purity few men possess. >> Sexist toward men.
- Women have a more refined sense of culture and taste. >> Sexist toward men.
Next: Good or bad if men mostly agreed with:
- A good woman should be set on a pedestal. >> Good.
- Women should be cherished and protected by men. >> Good.
- Men should sacrifice to provide for women. >> Good.
- In a disaster, women need to be rescued first. >> Good.
- Every man ought to have a woman he adores. >> Good.
- Men are incomplete without women (despite accomplishments). >> Good.
- People are often happy without romance. >> Bad.
Host calls Freya a massive benevolent sexist. These are items from the benevolent sexism scale. Host polled followers; they agreed statements are sexist toward men or good.
Idea by Tanya, host, and colleagues: mismeasurement of men. References book The Mismeasure of Man by Stephen Jay Gould, critical of evolutionary psychology. They argue opposite: lack of evolutionary psychology insight creates problematic scales like toxic masculinity, benevolent sexism, male sexual entitlement.
Scales measure awareness of facts, e.g., "women are often attracted to muscularity and dominance" taken as toxic masculinity without attitude inference.
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