ABSTRACT
Social psychological research on sexism has come a long way in the second half of the 20th century, from a mere page on sexism (termed antifeminism) in Allport’s (1954) classic text The Nature of Prejudice to the current rate of thousands of pages of scholarly work published every year devoted exclusively to the topic. The accumulating knowledge of the signicance of sexism is both a reection of and reected by dramatic changes in women’s status. Women in Western countries have rejected second-class citizenship, obtaining rights to vote, hold property, seek divorce, run for public ofce, make choices about their personal health care and reproduction, wear pants, pursue higher education, develop careers of their choosing, and take legal action against abuse, sexual harassment, and rape. Although women’s status is highly varied across cultures, efforts to resist sexist oppression can be found worldwide.
