What do Sexism, Age, and Gender Say About Brazilians’ Attitudes Toward Women’s Roles?

Abstract Studying attitudes toward gender roles in Brazil is important for understanding their relationship with gender inequalities in social interactions. In this context, the present study examined the associations of attitudes toward women with ambivalent sexism, age, and gender. Study 1 ( N = 224, mean age = 32.46 years) showed that gender moderated the association between age and attitudes toward women: among men, older age was associated with more traditional attitudes toward women ( b = − 0.03, t = − 2.36, p = .02). In Study 2 ( N = 261, mean age = 29.14 years), the regression model including age, gender, hostile sexism, and benevolent sexism was significant ( F [4, 256] = 30.07, p < .001), with hostile and benevolent sexism significantly associated with attitudes toward women. Taken together, these findings indicate that ambivalent sexism is associated with attitudes toward women, whereas the associations involving age and gender differed across the two studies. These findings contribute to understanding gender-related attitudes in the Brazilian context and provide a basis for future research.