Assessing Gender-Based Microaggressions Present in “Friend-Texts” at a Single-Sex School

Internalized Sexism refers to women’s incorporation of sexism, relying on regular practice through gender microaggressions which are regularly practiced through conversation between women. 60 participants held a 12-minute “catch-up” conversation, coded for Bearman’s (2009) practices of gender microaggressions. Underclassmen exhibited significantly higher scores of conversational internalized misogyny than Upperclassmen.