The Misogyny Scale is a 10-item scale measuring internalized misogyny, hostile sexism, and hostility towards women. It contains items across three domains: Manipulative and exploitative nature of women, Distrust of women, Devaluation of women,
Geographies Tested: United Kingdom
Populations Included: Female, Male
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1. Women seek to gain power by getting control over men.
2. Women use their sexuality to manipulate men.
3. Women exploit men for their own agendas.
4. If things don’t go their way, women will play the victim.
5. It is generally safer not to trust women too much.
6. When it comes down to it a lot of women are deceitful.
7. I think that most women would lie just to get ahead.
8. I think I get a raw deal from women in my life.
9. Sometimes women bother me by just being around.
10. I feel uncomfortable when a woman dominates the conversation.
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7-point Likert scale
Strongly disagree - 1
Strongly agree - 7
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Rottweiler, B., & Gill, P. (2021). Measuring individuals’ misogynistic attitudes: development and validation of the Misogyny Scale. PsyArXiv. https://osf.io/preprints/psyarxiv/6f829_v1
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