Re:“Women are wonderful” effect
by nilkn on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @10:33AM
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Indeed, use of the phrase "benevolent sexism" for this is in fact an example of "benevolent sexism" (because nobody would use that phrase to refer to sexism in favor of men).
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As has been pointed out elsewhere, benevolent sexism is a technical term in the field, and is just as applicable to situations where positive traits are assigned to men as it is when positive traits are assigned to women. It has nothing to do with judging about the moral status of the sexism.
> [it] is just as applicable to situations where positive traits are assigned to men as it is when positive traits are assigned to women
Can you point out some examples of such usage for men? Any paper I've found so far defines it specifically in terms of women.