Perceptions of Trans Dating and Romantic Partners: The Role of Gender and Transphobia

IF 3 2区社会学 Q2 PSYCHOLOGY, DEVELOPMENTAL

Sex Roles Pub Date : 2025-05-16 DOI:10.1007/s11199-025-01586-2

Dirk Kranz

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Abstract

Using a scenario approach, two studies (total N = 400) investigate how straight cis people would react if they got flirtatious advances from an other-gender trans versus cis person (Study 1) and if their romantic partner came out as trans (Study 2). Both studies focus on gender differences and take participants’ level of general transphobia into account. Study 1 showed that, compared to women, men reported less positive affect, more negative affect, and more avoidance behavior when getting advances from an other-gender trans versus cis person. Study 2 showed that, compared to women, men reacted with less acceptance, more rejection, and less willingness to maintain the relationship with a trans partner. Mediation analyses verified that gender differences in both studies were mediated by general transphobia. That is, men reacted more negatively to trans dating partners and trans romantic partners because of their higher levels of transphobia. In all analyses, participants’ current relationship status was controlled for. The discussion centers on gender and transphobia as relevant factors in trans dating and relationship contexts.

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对跨性别约会和浪漫伴侣的看法：性别和跨性别恐惧症的作用

采用场景法，两项研究（总共N = 400）调查了当异性恋的顺性人（研究1）与异性恋的顺性人（研究2）调情时，他们会如何反应。这两项研究都关注性别差异，并将参与者的普遍变性恐惧症水平考虑在内。研究1表明，与女性相比，男性在从跨性别者和顺性别者那里寻求帮助时，积极影响较少，消极影响较多，回避行为较多。研究2表明，与女性相比，男性的反应是更不接受、更拒绝、更不愿意与变性伴侣维持关系。中介分析证实，两项研究中的性别差异是由一般变性恐惧症介导的。也就是说，男性对跨性别伴侣和跨性别恋人的反应更为消极，因为他们对跨性别的恐惧程度更高。在所有的分析中，参与者的当前关系状态都是受控的。讨论的重点是性别和跨性别恐惧症在跨性别约会和关系背景下的相关因素。

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期刊介绍： Sex Roles: A Journal of Research is a global, multidisciplinary, scholarly, social and behavioral science journal with a feminist perspective. It publishes original research reports as well as original theoretical papers and conceptual review articles that explore how gender organizes people’s lives and their surrounding worlds, including gender identities, belief systems, representations, interactions, relations, organizations, institutions, and statuses. The range of topics covered is broad and dynamic, including but not limited to the study of gendered attitudes, stereotyping, and sexism; gendered contexts, culture, and power; the intersections of gender with race, class, sexual orientation, age, and other statuses and identities; body image; violence; gender (including masculinities) and feminist identities; human sexuality; communication studies; work and organizations; gendered development across the life span or life course; mental, physical, and reproductive health and health care; sports; interpersonal relationships and attraction; activism and social change; economic, political, and legal inequities; and methodological challenges and innovations in doing gender research.