Effectiveness of comprehensive sexuality education curriculum on improving hostile and benevolent sexism among universi-ty students
Objective To explore the effectiveness of a comprehensive sexuality education(CSE)curriculum on university students'hostile and benevolent sexism,so as to provide a reference for evaluating the effects of CSE on reducing ambivalent sexism.Methods From September 2018 to January 2019,165 university students from a university in Beijing were recruited using conven-ience sampling for a 5-month of CSE curriculum(36 sessions,2 sessions per week,45 min per session),including CSE and gender studies,sexual physiology and health,gender and gender roles,gender bias,intimate relationships and gender bias,gender-based violence and gender bias,culture and gender bias,and gender and power.Students who took CSE curriculum were included in the intervention group(n=97)and students from the same university who had not taken CSE curriculum were included in the control group(n=68).Using the Ambivalent Sexism Inventory,both groups of university students were surveyed before and after the cur-riculum to analyze the effectiveness of the CSE curriculum.Chi-square test,ANOVA,cluster analysis and Kruskal Wallis test were used for statistical analysis.Results After the CSE curriculum,both hostile and benevolent sexism scores were lower in the inter-vention group(2.21±0.76,2.36±0.68)than in the control group(2.81±0.61,3.03±0.60)(F=17.24,33.26),and pre-test scores were higher in the intervention group(2.64±0.67,2.88±0.68)(F=45.62,66.93)(P＜0.01).On both hostile and benevolent sex-ism,female students'scores(2.46±0.72,2.65±0.70)were lower than male students'scores(2.86±0.59,3.09±0.69)(F=11.02,14.20,P＜0.01).Comparison of the curriculum effectiveness of hostile and benevolent sexism among clustered groups showed that the difference in hostile sexism scores was higher in the inconsistent type[0.63(0.25,1.25)]than in the more consistent type[0.38(-0.16,0.88)]and the lower consistent type[0.38(0.06,0.63)](H=8.71,P＜0.05);and the difference in benevolent sexism scores was higher in the more consistent type[0.75(0.53,1.22)]than in the less consistent type[0.38(0.09,0.88)]and inconsis-tent type[0.38(-0.13,0.63)](H=10.82,P＜0.05).Conclusions CSE can improve hostile and benevolent sexism in university students with sex and type differences.Attention should be paid to CSE curriculum to improve ambivalent sexism among university students with a view to fostering their awareness of gender equality.
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