This document is a thesis proposal that examines the relationship between entitlement and ambivalent sexism among Filipino undergraduate students. The study aims to determine if entitlement predicts sexist attitudes and if gender moderates this relationship. A literature review covers perspectives on ambivalent sexism and links between narcissism/entitlement and sexism. The methodology section outlines the research design, participants, instruments used, and data analysis plan. Results from independent t-tests and linear regressions found that entitled females showed benevolent sexism towards males, and entitled males showed benevolent sexism towards females. Gender did not moderate this relationship. The study provides insight into how entitlement relates to endorsement of certain types of sexism in a Filipino sample.

1. THE SEXIST IN YOU:
ENTITLEMENT AS A PREDICTOR OF AMBIVALENT SEXISM
AMONG FILIPINO UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
A Thesis Proposal Presented to
The faculty of the College of Arts, Sciences, and Education
St. Paul University Manila
In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the Degree
Bachelor of Science in Psychology
Submitted by:
Cabugnason, Anne Camille M.
Garcia, Kriscelia Noelle G.
Mangila, Gene Bettina.
February 2016

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Acknowledgement
First and foremost, the researchers are grateful to their respective families: the Mangila
Family, the Mendoza-Cabugnason Family, and the Garcia Family for their unending support.
The researchers would also like to express their gratitude to their friends for their input,
ideas and support that they contributed to the paper.
The researchers place on record their sincere gratitude to the original author of
Ambivalent Sexism, Mr. Peter Glick, who had generously provided them with the tools to make
the study possible.
The researchers also wish to express their sincerest thanks to the panelists; Dr. Pricila
Marzan, Dr. Grace Leongson and Mr. Aj Agojo for sharing their expertise to improve the
research.
The reseachers would also like to thank Ms. Joanne Popanes who have consulted with us,
Mr. Jerome Cleofas who relentlessly helped us into going through this very difficult endeavor,
and Mr. Rene Nob who has given us the privilege to take on this challenge.
Lastly, the researchers would like to thank God almighty for the good health and well-
being necessary to complete this paper.

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Abstract
The persistence of sexism throughout the years has made itself a subtle,
embedded cultural norm in many societies, and such acts have targeted women
over the years. Recently, sexism towards men has also been shed light on hence
the paradoxical structure of ambivalent sexism has been conceptualized with
hostile sexism as the sub-branch that shows to be overtly harmful, and benevolent
sexism as the sub-branch to be the more insidious and debilitating. Studies have
tried to link ambivalent sexism to various aspects of the self and the narcissism
facet of entitlement have posed to be of strong relation to sexist attitudes. This
brings the current study to see if entitlement predicts ambivalent sexism among
the Filipino undergraduate population, and if gender moderates this relation.
Using independent samples t-test and linear regression, results had yielded that
entitled females show significant sexist attitudes towards males in a benevolent
manner (r=.198; p=.014), and that entitled males endorse sexist attitudes towards
females in a benevolent manner as well (r=.218; p=.020). Gender also did not
appear to moderate this relationship and that the entitlement levels between the
males and females are both at moderate levels and are not significantly different
from each other. This implies that in the Filipino sample, entitled individuals have
higher tendencies of endorsing benevolently sexist acts towards the opposite
gender, but not towards their own.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Title Page i
Acknowledgement ii
Abstract iii
Table of Contents iv
List of Tables v
List of Figures vi
Chapter 1: Introduction 1
Background of the Study 1
Review of Related Literature 4
Synthesis 16
Theoretical Framework 18
Conceptual Framework 20
Statement of the Problem 20
Hypotheses 21
Scope and Limitation 22
Significance of the Study 23
Definition of Terms 24
Chapter 2: Methodology 26
Research Design 26
Participants 27
Data Gathering Procedures 27
Research Instruments 28
Data Analysis 30
Chapter 3: Results and Discussion 32
Results 32
Discussion 39
Chapter 4: Summary, Conclusions, and Recommendations 43
Summary 43
Conclusions 45
Recommendations 46
Individual Reflections 48
References 54
Appendices 61

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List of Tables
Table 1. Self-entitlement and indicators of ambivalent sexism 32
grouped according to gender (Entitlement)
Table 2. Self-entitlement and indicators of ambivalent sexism 33
grouped according to gender (Ambivalent Sexism)
Table 3. Linear regressions test for the predictive value of 37
self-entitlement to indicators of ambivalent sexism
when grouped according to gender

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List of Figures
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Figure 1. The figure exhibits the relationship of the independent… 19