Reverse Sexism and Its Impact on Job Satisfaction and Career Planning: Italian Validation of the “Belief in Sexism Shift Scale”

Martina Morando (), Miriam Katharina Zehnter and Silvia Platania
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Martina Morando: Section Psychology, Department of Educational Sciences, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy
Miriam Katharina Zehnter: Department of Psychology, University of Exeter, Exeter EX4 4QJ, UK
Silvia Platania: Section Psychology, Department of Educational Sciences, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy

Social Sciences, 2023, vol. 12, issue 6, 1-22

Abstract: The belief that men are the new victims of sexism and anti-male bias is gaining traction globally. The concept of reverse sexism, called the belief in sexism shift, is a new and particularly insidious form of contemporary anti-female sexism that combines the prejudice of hostile sexism with the subtlety of modern sexism. Facilitating the cross-cultural study of a rising form of sexism, in this paper, we provide an Italian translation of the BSS and examine its psychometric properties. In Study 1, we confirmed that the Italian BSS scale has the same uni-dimensional factor structure as the English version. In Study 2, we established that the Italian BSS scale measures the same construct among women and men. In Study 3, we found that the Italian BSS scale was a better predictor, compared to other measures of sexism, of numerous perceived career constraints. Subsequently, explorative analyses revealed that BSS escalated the effect of perceived career constraints on perceived job satisfaction and development opportunities among women and men. Together, our results suggest that BSS is a prevalent form of sexism in Italy that has the potential to negatively affect women and men.

Keywords: belief in sexism shift; reverse sexism; psychometric properties; validation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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