Sweet words, secretly sour? Ambivalent sexism may predict disordered eating in Chinese women: the roles of self-objectification, body image comparison, and partner intimacy

These findings suggest that women's endorsement of ambivalent sexism is associated with disordered eating through self-objectification and appearance-related social comparison, and that romantic relationships are a critical context in which benevolent sexism is linked to women's psychological processes. By integrating ambivalent sexism with objectification theory, this study advances understanding of how gendered beliefs intersect with relationship contexts in relation to women's disordered eating in contemporary China.