ICF International, Survey and Evaluation Research Center, Fairfax, VA 22031, USA.
Behav Sci Law. 2011 May-Jun;29(3):419-38. doi: 10.1002/bsl.972. Epub 2011 Mar 4.
Most research on sexual harassment has involved undergraduate students and European Americans, whose perspectives may not be representative of the broader population. This study investigated whether judgments of a sexual harassment trial vary by plaintiff ethnicity (European American or Latin American), type of sample (undergraduates or community members) and mock juror ethnicity (European American or Latin American). We also tested the effects of a cultural relativist argument about Latin American cultural values influencing the plaintiff. Results indicated that community and Latin American mock jurors rendered more pro-plaintiff verdicts, particularly when the case did not include a cultural relativist argument. Although the cultural relativist argument did not affect undergraduates' judgments, it caused a backlash among community members, leading to more pro-defendant verdicts. Judgments across type of sample and mock juror ethnicity were partially mediated by self-referencing and hostile sexism; affiliation with Latin American culture also predicted judgments of the Latina American plaintiff.
大多数关于性骚扰的研究都涉及本科生和欧洲裔美国人，他们的观点可能不能代表更广泛的人群。本研究调查了性骚扰审判的判决是否因原告种族（欧洲裔美国人或拉丁裔美国人）、样本类型（本科生或社区成员）和模拟陪审员种族（欧洲裔美国人或拉丁裔美国人）而有所不同。我们还测试了关于拉丁美洲文化价值观影响原告的文化相对论论点的影响。结果表明，社区和拉丁裔美国模拟陪审员做出了更多有利于原告的裁决，特别是在案件不包括文化相对论论点的情况下。尽管文化相对论论点并没有影响本科生的判断，但它在社区成员中引起了强烈反对，导致更多有利于被告的裁决。不同样本类型和模拟陪审员种族的判断部分受到自我参照和敌意性别歧视的影响；与拉丁美洲文化的联系也预测了对拉丁裔美国原告的判断。
