Schedule of Sexist Events is a 20-item measure to assess the frequency with which a woman has experienced sexist events of various types in a diversity of settings. Each item is asked twice, once for lifetime occurrence of the event and once for occurrence in the past year. The items cover 4 factors: 1. sexual degradation and its consequences, 2. sexist discrimination in distant relationships, 3. sexism in close relationships and 4. sexist discrimination in the workplace.
Geographies Tested: United States of America
Populations Included: Female
Age Range: Adults
Please think carefully about your life as you answer the questions below. For each question, read the question and then answer it twice: answer once for what your ENTIRE LIFE (from when you were a child to now) has been like, and then once for what the PAST YEAR has been like. Circle the number that best describes events in YOUR ENTIRE LIFE, and in the PAST YEAR.
1. How many times have you been treated unfairly by teachers or professors because you are a woman?
2. How many times have you been treated unfairly by your employer, boss or supervisors because you are a woman?
3. How many times have you been treated unfairly by your co-workers, fellow students or colleagues because you are a woman?
4. How many times have you been treated unfairly by people in service jobs (by store clerks, waiters, bartenders, waitresses, bank tellers, mechanics and others) because you are a woman?
5. How many times have you been treated unfairly by strangers because you are a woman?
6. How many times have you been treated unfairly by people in helping jobs (by doctors, nurses, psychiatrists, case workers, dentists, school counselors, therapists, pediatricians, school principals, gynecologists, and others) because you are a woman?
7. How many times have you been treated unfairly by neighbors because you are a woman?
8. How many times have you been treated unfairly by your boyfriend, husband, or other important man in your life because you are a woman?
9. How many times were you denied a raise, a promotion, tenure, a good assignment, a job, or other such things at work that you deserved because you are a woman?
10. How many times have you been treated unfairly by your family because you are a woman?
11. How many times have people made inappropriate or unwanted sexual advances to you because you are a woman?
12. How many times have people failed to show you the respect that you deserve because you are a woman?
13. How many times have you wanted to tell someone off for being sexist?
14. How many times have you been really angry about something sexist that was done to you?
15. How many times were you forced to take drastic steps (such as filing a grievance, filing a lawsuit, quitting your job, moving away, and other actions) to deal with some sexist thing that was done to you?
16. How many times have you been called a sexist name like bitch, cunt, chick, or other names?
17. How many times have you gotten into an argument or fight about something sexist that was done or said to you or done to somebody else?
18. How many times have you been made fun of, picked on, pushed, shoved, hit, or threatened with harm because you are a woman?
19. How many times have you heard people making sexist jokes, or degrading sexual jokes?
Response Options:
The event has NEVR happened to you - 1
The event happened ONCE IN A WHILE (less than 10% of the time) - 2
The event happened SOMETIMES (10-25% of the time) - 3
The event happened A LOT (26-49% of the time) - 4
The event happened MOST OF THE TIME (50-70% of the time) - 5
If the event happened ALMOST ALL OF THE TIME (more than 70% of the time)
20. How different would your life be now if you HAD NOT BEEN treated in a sexist and unfair way?
Response Options:
The same as it is now - 1
A little different - 2
Different in a few ways - 3
Different in a lot of ways - 4
Different in most ways - 5
Totally different - 6
The item scores are summed for lifetime frequency of the events and recent (in the past year). Higher scores indicate a higher frequency of sexist events.
Klonoff, E. A., & Landrine, H. (1995). The Schedule of Sexist Events: A measure of lifetime and recent sexist discrimination in women’s lives. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 19, 439-472. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1995.tb00086.x
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