Scale of Sexist Attitudes Toward Women, SATWS Test - the question form

1. If I had a daughter, I would discourage her from working in a job related to automobiles.

2. I feel angry at women who complain that society treats them unfairly.

3. In our society, too much attention is paid to beauty, especially women's beauty.

4. Women buy more because they cannot decide what to buy.

5. Most supporters of women's equality join protest movements just for fun.

6. It bothers me if a man is interested in a woman only because of her attractive appearance.

7. I do not like seeing a woman tell a man what to do.

8. I think that having children is a woman's primary fulfillment.

9. When faced with danger, men are naturally braver than women.

10. I believe that women spend a great deal of time trying to be attractive.

11. I really understand why women's rights movements are needed.

12. Women rely more than men on intuition and less on reason.

13. Women should not be as sexually active as men before marriage.

14. Men are just as easily influenced by others as women are.

15. I think women should be more concerned about their appearance than men.

16. Men will always be the dominant sex.

17. I do not like it when a man treats a woman as a sexual object.

18. I believe that, when decisions are made in the family, the husband should have the final say.

19. Women should have the same rights as men.

20. I see nothing wrong with a woman not liking to wear skirts and dresses.

21. Men should treat women with special care because they are so delicate.

22. Women should be prepared to stand up to men in order to achieve equal status.

23. I am suspicious of women who would rather work than raise children.

24. I think women are naturally more emotionally weak than men.

25. On average, women are as intelligent as men.

26. If a husband and wife both work full-time, the husband should do half of the housework.

27. I like sexually forward women.

28. I do not see anything wrong with men whistling at curvy women.

29. Pushy women irritate me more than pushy men.

30. A married woman should not be hired if there is a married man who needs the job.

31. When making decisions, women handle pressure just as well as men do.

32. Men are naturally better than women at technical matters.

33. A woman's place is in the home.

34. I think that many commercials demean women.

35. I believe that women handle most tasks at least as well as men.

36. I think men are instinctively more inclined to compete than women.

37. I think women have a right to feel angry when they are referred to as “broads.”

38. I would feel uncomfortable addressing a woman as "lady" or "madam".

39. I do not see anything wrong with men who are primarily interested in a woman's body.

40. If I have a choice of whom to work for, I am just as likely to choose a woman as a man.