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The current study aims to deepen the understanding of the patterns of women’ self-silencing. Thus, we examined whether women's endorsement of conservative ideology is associated with their tendency to self-silence to sexism and whether women’s objectification by other women mediates this link. In addition, this study examines whether religiosity exerts intense pressure on women’s self-silencing to sexism and whether women’s objectification by other women mediates this link. The present cross-sectional research was conducted from September 2 to November 30, 2021. The study used a convenience (non-probabilistic) sample of 204 participants through Google forms. The self-silencing to sexism scale and the sexual objectification subscale were used as suitable devices. A between-subject, correlational design was used. Bivariate correlation was utilized to examine the relationships between variables of interest. Subsequently, a bootstrapping analysis for simple mediation models was applied. This study’s findings report that the concept of women’s objectification fully mediates the relationship between conservatism, in political or religious terms, and women’s self-silencing to sexism. Understanding what contributes to women’s self-silencing to sexism and being less prone to stand up against everyday sexism is most important for social justice and women’s quality of life.
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Grigoropoulos, I. Self-Silencing Through the Lens of System Legitimizing Ideologies: Gender Discriminatory Attitudes Mediate the Link Between Conservatism and Women’s Self-Silencing to Sexism. Trends in Psychol. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43076-023-00356-x
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