Am I Sexist Quiz
How the Scales are Structured
Who Usually Takes This Test?
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Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.
Example Questions From the Test
- I consider the specific evidence rather than assuming the concern is exaggerated.
- I agree some problems remain, although I sometimes question how broadly they are described.
- I usually see such groups as seeking power over men rather than equality.
- I tend to think they overlook women’s advantages and focus too heavily on men’s faults.
- Suggest that a man take it because women should generally be spared strenuous work.
- Let the same requirements and support options apply to everyone.
- Prevent her from doing it because protecting women matters more than equal assignment rules.
- Confirm that she understands the demands, as I would with any volunteer for an unfamiliar task.
- I would look at what happened and help ensure she can finish her points.
- I would suspect she is interpreting normal disagreement as sexism.
- I might initially see it as a communication mismatch, but I would still support fair turn-taking.
- I would feel that accusations like this are often used to silence men.
Am I Sexist Quiz - Description and methodology of the test
People who want to examine their reactions to gender roles, authority, equality, and care can use this Am I Sexist Quiz as a structured self-reflection exercise. It is especially relevant when a person wants to distinguish antagonistic judgments from assumptions that sound courteous but may restrict agency. The resulting profile from this sexist quiz gives a focused view of recurring judgments rather than a single moral label.
What This Assessment Explores
The questionnaire works as a sexism quiz by placing respondents in situations involving advocacy, work, leadership, care, family roles, courtesy, and bias. Four choices cover equal treatment, suspicion, double standards, and protective control; respondents select their usual view or likely reaction.
The measured dimensions are:
- Complementary Gender Expectations (0-15) measures beliefs that women and men naturally have different strengths and should fill different roles: Flexible expectations (0-5); Mixed role assumptions (6-10); Strong role expectations (11-15).
- Hostile Sexism (0-15) measures resentment, distrust, or harsher judgments toward women seeking authority, equality, or recognition of bias: Questioning antagonism (0-5); Mixed hostile assumptions (6-10); Recurring antagonism (11-15).
- Protective Paternalism (0-15) measures protective or courteous responses that can substitute another person's view for a woman's stated preference: Agency-centered support (0-5); Conditional paternalism (6-10); Recurring paternalism (11-15).
Together, scores show gender shaping judgments through roles, antagonism, or care limiting choice.
Methodology and Scientific Basis
The instrument uses self-report, scenario-based items rather than an interview or performance task. Each question offers four responses, and selected options are organized into three separate summaries. The questionnaire presents interpretive bands, but it does not establish population norms, clinical cutoffs, or a weighting rule that would justify treating the ranges as standardized scores.
Its conceptual reference point is the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory (Glick & Fiske, 1996), which separates antagonistic attitudes from protective-sounding beliefs that can preserve gender hierarchy. The 1997 follow-up and 2000 cross-cultural study support the distinction between antagonistic and protective-sounding gender beliefs, but they do not validate this online questionnaire itself. This questionnaire is conceptually consistent with that model, not a validated adaptation or reproduction of those instruments.
Someone using this assessment as an are you sexist quiz receives a pattern summary rather than a yes-or-no identity judgment. The bands indicate how closely the assumptions resemble selected responses, not an immutable identity. Current relationships, recent experiences, social desirability, and self-awareness can influence answers, so the profile helps examine specific reactions in broader context.
- Glick, Peter, and Susan T. Fiske. (1996). The Ambivalent Sexism Inventory: Differentiating hostile and benevolent sexism. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 70(3), 491-512. 10.1037/0022-3514.70.3.491
- Glick, Peter, and Susan T. Fiske. (1997). Hostile and benevolent sexism: Measuring ambivalent sexist attitudes toward women. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 21(1), 119-135. 10.1111/j.1471-6402.1997.tb00104.x
- Glick, Peter, Susan T. Fiske, Antonio Mladinic, et al. (2000). Beyond prejudice as simple antipathy: Hostile and benevolent sexism across cultures. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 79(5), 763-775. 10.1037/0022-3514.79.5.763
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