Ratcliff Jennifer J, Lassiter G Daniel, Markman Keith D, Snyder Celeste J
Ohio University, 200 Porter Hall, Athens, 45701, USA.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2006 Oct;32(10):1325-38. doi: 10.1177/0146167206290213.
Research has uncovered consistent gender differences in attitudes toward gay men, with women expressing less prejudice than men (Herek, 2003). Attitudes toward lesbians generally show a similar pattern, but to a weaker extent. The present work demonstrated that motivation to respond without prejudice importantly contributes to these divergent attitudes. Study 1 revealed that women evince higher internal motivation to respond without prejudice (IMS, Plant & Devine, 1998) than do men and that this difference partially mediates the relationship between gender and attitudes toward gay men. The second study replicated this finding and demonstrated that IMS mediates the relationship between gender and attitudes toward lesbians. Study 2 further revealed that gender-role variables contribute to the observed gender differences in motivation to respond without prejudice. These findings provide new insights into the nature of sexual prejudice and for the first time point to possible antecedents of variation in motivation to respond without prejudice.
研究发现，在对男同性恋者的态度上存在持续的性别差异，女性表现出的偏见比男性少（赫雷克，2003年）。对女同性恋者的态度通常呈现出类似的模式，但程度较弱。目前的研究表明，无偏见回应的动机对这些不同的态度有重要影响。研究1显示，女性比男性表现出更高的无偏见回应内在动机（IMS，普兰特和迪瓦恩，1998年），且这种差异部分中介了性别与对男同性恋者态度之间的关系。第二项研究重复了这一发现，并表明IMS中介了性别与对女同性恋者态度之间的关系。研究2进一步揭示，性别角色变量导致了在无偏见回应动机方面观察到的性别差异。这些发现为性偏见的本质提供了新的见解，并首次指出了无偏见回应动机变化的可能前因。
