| Ambivalent sexism is a view of sexism includes two poles: hostile sexism (HS) and benevolent sexism (BS). HS is traditional sexism, involving antipathy toward women because they are regarded as weak and inferior to men. In contrast, BS is prosocial toward women, involving special treatment of them because they are regarded as powerless and thus need to be supported, protected and nurtured. Sexual harassment in workplace is a new concept for an old problem, which is harassment or unwanted attention of a sexual nature in workplace. Based on the relevant concepts, theories and current situations at home and abroad of ambivalent sexism and sexual harassment in workplace, this study investigated ambivalent sexism and attitudes toward sexual harassment in workplace of 400 students in Wuhan with the methods of questionnaires and many kinds of statistics analysis. The conclusions drawn from this study are as follows:(1) HS relates positively with hostile attitude toward women in sexual harassment; BS relates positively with general benevolent attitude toward women in sexual harassment.(2) HS relates negatively with harasser blame, but positively with victim blame; BS relates positively with harasser blame, but negatively with victim blame.(3) HS relates positively with internal strategies inside organizations; BS relates positively with seeking legal counsel outside organizations.(4) General benevolent attitude toward women in sexual harassment relates positively with external strategies inside organizations; hostile attitude toward women in sexual harassment relates positively with internal strategies inside organizations.(5) Harasser blame relates positively with external strategies inside organizations, negatively with internal strategies inside organizations, and positively with seeking legal counsel outside organizations.(6) When the victim violates role of traditional woman, HS relates more negatively with harasser blame, and more positively with victim blame.
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