New forms, old interests: Neosexism among Spanish men.

In the present paper the construct of Neosexism, as one of the new forms of sexism, and the Spanish version of the Neosexism scale (Tougas, Brown, Bea ton & Joly,(1995) are presented. Using a sample of 1191 men, we tested the psychometric properties of the scale and the relationship between Neosexism and some other sociodemographic characteristics and with old-fashioned sex ism, attitudes toward affirmative action and men's collective interest. Our s results show that Neosexism, a construct created in a cultural and econom ic context different to Spain, could be applied to a Spanish context. We al so found that the Neosexism scale can be an appropriate instrument to measu re modern forms of sexism, specially in organizational and work settings. A mediational analysis performed on the data suggest that, among men, neosex ist beliefs influence subjective threat to collective interests, this perce ived threat triggering an opposition to affirmative action programs.