EVALUATING MEASURES OF CONTEMPORARY SEXISM

Two recently published measures of contemporary sexist attitudes were examined and compared with a sample of 106 Canadian college students. Swim, Aikin, Hall, and Hunter's (1995) Modern Sexism scale was found t o be an acceptable measure of sexist attitudes in terms of its interna l reliability and its ability to predict other gender-related politica l attitudes. Although the Modern Sexism scale and the Neosexism scale (Tougas, Brown, Beaten, & Joly, 1995) were equally good at predicting support for the feminist movement and attitudes toward lesbians and ga y men, the Neosexism scale had better internal reliability and exhibit ed stronger gender differences. Moreover, the Neosexism scale was supe rior at predicting value orientations relevant to modern prejudices.