> I don't understand the issue you have with the terminology. Benevolent doesn't mean morally good here That's certainly not immediately clear. "Benevolent" is

> I don't understand the issue you have with the terminology. Benevolent doesn't mean morally good here That's certainly not immediately clear. "Benevolent" is not a synonym of "positive", it's a synonym of "good". The former would apply in your definition but the latter very clearly doesn't. ---- Edit: I see from sibling commenters that this seems to be a compound term that makes up part of an established theoretical framework. That makes sense but I wouldn't assume everyone is automatically aware of that: > Benevolent sexism represents evaluations of gender that may appear subjectively positive (subjective to the person who is evaluating), but are actually damaging to people and gender equality more broadly It also doesn't redefine the word "benevolent" completely - in this context it just means "the misleading appearance of benevolence".