Impaired Emotional Mimicry Responses Towards Objectified Women

IF 1.2 3区 心理学 Q4 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL
Daniela Ruzzante, Jeroen Vaes
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Sexual objectification mostly targets women and occurs whenever they are treated as bodies for the use or consumption of others and stripped of their full humanity. While research has mostly focused on sexual harassment and aggression as the main behavioral consequence of sexual objectification, only a few studies have tried to focus on more subtle consequences towards sexually objectified targets. Spontaneous mimicry is an implicit behavior that influences our social interactions in general. It involves the imitation of other people’s postures, gestures and emotions and allows one to understand other’s emotions and intentions. Therefore, impairments in mimicry behavior are bound to have potentially damaging consequences in everyday social interactions for women who fall victim of sexual objectification. In two studies, using electromyography we measured participants’ mimicry behavior towards objectified and non-objectified women who expressed happiness and anger. Results indicated that both male and female participants attributed less mental and human traits and showed less mimicry behavior towards sexually objectified rather than non-objectified women especially when they expressed happiness. Given the fundamental role of mimicry in creating successful everyday interpersonal interactions, the results of this research advance our understanding on the more subtle, but daily consequences of sexual objectification.

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对被物化女性的情感模仿反应受损
性物化主要针对妇女,只要她们被当作供他人使用或消费的躯体,被剥夺了全部人性,就会发生性物化。研究主要集中在性骚扰和性侵犯上,将其作为性物化的主要行为后果,只有少数研究试图关注对性物化目标造成的更微妙的后果。自发模仿是一种影响我们社会交往的隐性行为。它包括模仿他人的姿势、手势和情绪,使人能够理解他人的情绪和意图。因此,模仿行为的障碍必然会在日常社会交往中对遭受性物化的女性产生潜在的破坏性后果。在两项研究中,我们使用肌电图测量了参与者对被物化和未被物化的女性表达快乐和愤怒时的模仿行为。结果表明,男性和女性参与者对性客体化女性而非非客体化女性的心理和人性特征的归因较少,表现出的模仿行为也较少,尤其是当她们表达快乐时。鉴于模仿在创造成功的日常人际交往中的基本作用,这项研究的结果有助于我们了解性物化更微妙但更日常的后果。
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Journal of Nonverbal Behavior
Journal of Nonverbal Behavior PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-
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期刊介绍: Journal of Nonverbal Behavior presents peer-reviewed original theoretical and empirical research on all major areas of nonverbal behavior. Specific topics include paralanguage, proxemics, facial expressions, eye contact, face-to-face interaction, and nonverbal emotional expression, as well as other subjects which contribute to the scientific understanding of nonverbal processes and behavior.
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