This PowerPoint will help the students those who study especially Sociology and Psychology.It discusses about the "Hostile and Benevolent Sexism in Indian Culture". Especially in a Psychological View.

2. Hostile and benevolent
sexism
in
Indian culture
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3. SEXISM:
 Sexism refers to prejudice or bias toward
people based on their gender; it
encompasses beliefs emotions and behaviour
that support gender inequality.
 It has been linked to stereotypes and gender
roles
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4.  Sexism can affect any gender (but it is
particularly documented as affecting women and
girls).
 Extreme sexism may foster sexual
harassment, rape, and other forms of sexual
violence.
 Sexism is expressed as a separation of gender
roles and differential access to privileges and
opportunities.
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5. SEXISM
HOSTILE
SEXISM
BENEVOLENT
SEXISM
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6. HOSTILE SEXISM
Hostile sexism reflects overtly negative evaluations
and stereotypes about a gender.
Attitudes include the :
•Degradation of women
• Being sexually guarded against
women
• Anti-feminist views
• Explicit threats or accusations
Hostile sexist attitudes have a
dominative patriarchal view of
society.
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7. Benevolent sexism represents
evaluations of gender that
may appear subjectively
positive (subjective to the
person who is evaluating),
but are actually damaging to
people and gender
equality more broadly
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BENEVOLENT SEXISM

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Benevolent sexist attitudes
suggest that women are purer
and nicer than men, but also
mentally weaker and less
capable.
Behaviors that illustrate
benevolent sexism include
over helping women
…BENEVOLENT SEXISM

9. SEXISM IN INDIAN CULTURE

10. SEXISM IN
INDIAN
CULTURE
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11. FEMALE INFANTICIDE AND SEX-SELECTIVE ABORTION
Female infanticide is the killing of very young female children.
It is an extreme form of gender based violence.
Female infanticide is more common than male infanticide, and
is especially prevalent in parts of Asia, such as parts
of India and China.
Recent studies suggest that over 90 million girls and women
are missing in China and India as a result of systematic sex
discrimination.

13. SEXISM IN EDUCATION
• WOMEN HAVE TRADITIONALLY HAD
LIMITED ACCESS TO HIGHER
EDUCATION.
• WHEN WOMEN WERE ADMITTED TO
HIGHER EDUCATION, THEY WERE
ENCOURAGED TO MAJOR IN LESS-
INTELLECTUAL SUBJECTS.
• IMPROVEMENT OF EQUAL
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY
CONTRIBUTES TO THE WOMEN’S
EMPOWERMENT.
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14. CONTROLLING
WOMEN'S
DRESSING
ATTIRE IN INDIA
• PATRIARCHY TRIES TO
CONTROL WOMEN.
• BY FAMILIES
• BY RELIGION
• BY ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
• AND OFTEN, BY OUR
ASTONISHINGLY REGRESSIVE
POLITICIANS.
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15. “
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INTERPRETATIONS OF RELIGION, CULTURE OR
TRADITION CANNOT JUSTIFY IMPOSING RULES
ABOUT DRESS ON THOSE WHO CHOOSE TO DRESS
DIFFERENTLY. STATES SHOULD TAKE MEASURES TO
PROTECT INDIVIDUALS FROM BEING COERCED TO
DRESS IN SPECIFIC WAYS BY FAMILY MEMBERS,
COMMUNITY OR RELIGIOUS GROUPS OR LEADERS.
LAWS THAT DICTATE HOW WOMEN MUST DRESS ARE SEEN BY MANY
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS.
IN MANY PLACES, WOMEN WHO DO NOT DRESS IN SOCIALLY AND
LEGALLY PROSCRIBED WAYS ARE OFTEN SUBJECTED TO VIOLENCE
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16. CHILD
MARRIAGE
IN INDIA
IT IS
A MARRIAGE WHERE
EITHER THE WOMAN IS
BELOW AGE 18 OR THE
MAN IS BELOW AGE 21.
MOST CHILD
MARRIAGES INVOLVE
UNDERAGE WOMEN,
MANY OF WHOM ARE IN
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18. “
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WE WORRY ABOUT WHAT A CHILD
WILL BECOME TOMORROW, YET
WE FORGET THAT SHE IS
SOMEONE TODAY.
STACIA TAUCHER
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19. DOWRY SYSTEM IN INDIA
• THE DOWRY SYSTEM REFERS TO THE DURABLE
GOODS, CASH, AND REAL OR MOVABLE PROPERTY
THAT THE BRIDE’S FAMILY GIVES TO THE
BRIDEGROOM, HIS PARENTS OR HIS RELATIVES AS
A CONDITION OF THE MARRIAGE
• IN SOME CASES THE DOWRY SYSTEM LEADS TO
CRIME AGAINST WOMEN, RANGING FROM
EMOTIONAL ABUSE, INJURY TO EVEN DEATHS
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21. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AND SEXISM
• 16% OF WOMEN HAD
EXPERIENCED PHYSICAL
FORMS OF DOMESTIC
VIOLENCE, 25% SEXUAL
FORM, 52%
PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND 56%
REPORTED ANY FORM OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.
• MEN REPORTED BEING
PERPETRATORS OF
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE WITH
22% REPORTING SOME
FORM OF PHYSICAL
DOMESTIC ABUSE, 17%
SEXUAL, 59%
PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND
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22. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE TAKES A NUMBER OF FORMS
INCLUDING
o VERBAL
o PHYSICAL
o PSYCHOLOGICAL ABUSE, WHICH VARY ACROSS THE
GENDER SPECTRUM.
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23. TRANSPHOBIA
• TRANSPHOBIA REFERS TO PREJUDICE
AGAINST TRANSSEXUALITY AND TRANSSEXUAL
(OR TRANSGENDER) PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR
GENDER IDENTIFICATION.
• THE LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL AND
TRANSGENDER (LGBT) MOVEMENT OPPOSES
SEXISM AGAINST TRANSSEXUALS.

24. …TRANSPHOBIA

25. References
 Babu et al. Survey on both genders on domestic violence in eastern
region of India.
 UNICEF State of the World's Children, 2013 - data from UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster
Surveys (MICS), Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and other national surveys, and refers to
the most recent year available during the period 2002-2011.
 Article : “India loses 3 million girls in infants”, THE HINDU DAILY
 “Gender inequality in India.ppt” by P.Sonaimuthu Executive Director,
SAADOW
 “SEXISM IN INDIAN EDUCATION “ by, NARENDRA NATH KALIA
 The Effect of Hostile and Benevolent Sexism on Women's Cardiovascular Reactivity to
and Recovery from a Laboratory Stressor BY, Kaleena Dennielle Burgess, University of South
Florida
 “Psychology Today” Magazine
 Wikipedia .com
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26. Thank You
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