Trash talk about the other gender: Content of, reactions to, and willingness to confront stereotypical comments about men and women

IF 2.3 2区心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations Pub Date : 2022-10-07 DOI:10.1177/13684302221125182

Elizabeth L. Haines, Rebecca Schachtman, P. Glick, Juliana Earvolino

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Abstract

We examined the content of and reactions to stereotypical comments about men and women. In Study 1, daily comments participants recalled hearing people make about “what men/women are like” were generally negative and targeted the other gender. Men rejected negative comments about both genders, whereas women rejected negative comments about women more than comments about men. In Study 2, college participants could confront an online interaction partner who made an other-gender sexist comment. Women confronted a comment targeting women and had more negative reactions to sexism directed at a woman than at a man; men had equivalent, negative reactions to sexism that did not depend on target gender. Study 3 extended and replicated Study 2 by including both other-gender and same gender sexism. Results showed that (a) women were more attuned to men’s sexism toward women compared to all other types and (b) men responded negatively to sexism about either gender, but were more likely to confront sexism directed at women than sexism directed at men. We suggest that women’s tendency to confront sexism when it targets women but not men may reinforce stereotypes that undermine gender equality.

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关于异性的垃圾言论:关于男性和女性的陈规定型评论的内容、反应和面对的意愿

我们调查了关于男人和女人的刻板印象的内容和反应。在研究1中，参与者回忆起每天听到人们关于“男人/女人是什么样的”的评论，这些评论通常是负面的，并且是针对异性的。男性拒绝对两性的负面评论，而女性拒绝对女性的负面评论多于对男性的负面评论。在研究2中，大学参与者可以面对一个发表了性别歧视言论的在线互动伙伴。女性面对针对女性的评论时，对针对女性的性别歧视的负面反应比针对男性的要多;男性对性别歧视也有相同的负面反应，这种反应与目标性别无关。研究3扩展并重复了研究2，包括异性和同性性别歧视。结果显示:(a)与其他类型的性别歧视相比，女性更容易接受男性对女性的性别歧视;(b)男性对任何性别的性别歧视都反应消极，但更容易面对针对女性的性别歧视，而不是针对男性的性别歧视。我们认为，女性倾向于面对针对女性而非男性的性别歧视，这可能会强化破坏性别平等的刻板印象。

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Group Processes & Intergroup Relations PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL-

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期刊介绍： Group Processes & Intergroup Relations is a scientific social psychology journal dedicated to research on social psychological processes within and between groups. It provides a forum for and is aimed at researchers and students in social psychology and related disciples (e.g., organizational and management sciences, political science, sociology, language and communication, cross cultural psychology, international relations) that have a scientific interest in the social psychology of human groups. The journal has an extensive editorial team that includes many if not most of the leading scholars in social psychology of group processes and intergroup relations from around the world.