The most interesting part of this -besides the obvious absurdity of "benevolent sexism"- is this line: "In more egalitarian societies, people have more positiv

The most interesting part of this -besides the obvious absurdity of "benevolent sexism"- is this line: "In more egalitarian societies, people have more positive attitudes towards men than in less egalitarian societies." This makes sense to me- the person you're going to fear the most is someone who has power over you. In the absence of toxic power dynamics, there would probably be a lot more social and sexual openness between the sexes. Probably a big part of what's going on here is that men are seen as threatening in a way that women aren't. And I don't think there's any biological reason that men should be seen as threatening. Cultural reasons, maybe, but those can be fixed. By the way- please read what I actually wrote, not what you assume I meant, before downvoting. I'm not accusing anyone of anything, in fact I specifically said that men are not bad or any worse than women. If you didn't catch that, read it again. Thank you.