Department of Psychology, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA 17013, USA.
Arch Sex Behav. 2012 Jun;41(3):691-702. doi: 10.1007/s10508-011-9767-8. Epub 2011 May 18.
This study assessed the influence of gender on attitudes about bisexuals. A total of 164 heterosexual female and 89 heterosexual male undergraduates completed the Biphobia Scale (Mulick & Wright, 2002), rewritten to refer to bisexual men and bisexual women and thus re-named the Gender-Specific Binegativity Scale. A mixed-design ANOVA revealed an interaction between rater's sex and target's sex: women equally accepted bisexual men and bisexual women, but men were less accepting of bisexual men than bisexual women. A mediation analysis indicated the relationship between rater's sex and greater acceptance of bisexual women was partially explained by eroticization of female same-sex sexuality. Finally, participants also responded to two open-ended items, which provided additional information about the content of binegativity: participants described male bisexuals negatively, as gender-nonconforming, and labeled them "really gay," whereas participants described female bisexuals positively, as sexy, and labeled them "really heterosexual." These findings suggest multiple underlying beliefs about bisexuals that contribute to binegativity, particularly against bisexual men. Results also confirm the importance of considering gender (of both the target and the rater) when assessing sexual prejudice.
本研究评估了性别对双性恋者态度的影响。共有 164 名异性恋女性和 89 名异性恋男性本科生完成了双性恋恐惧症量表（Mulick 和 Wright，2002 年），该量表被重写为指代双性恋男性和双性恋女性，因此更名为性别特异性双性厌恶量表。混合设计方差分析显示了评价者性别和目标性别之间的交互作用：女性对双性恋男性和双性恋女性的接受程度相同，但男性对双性恋男性的接受程度低于对双性恋女性的接受程度。中介分析表明，评价者性别与对双性恋女性更高接受度之间的关系部分可以通过对女性同性性行为的色情化来解释。最后，参与者还回答了两个开放式问题，这些问题提供了有关双性厌恶内容的更多信息：参与者对男性双性恋者的描述是负面的，认为他们不符合性别规范，并将他们标记为“真的同性恋”，而参与者对女性双性恋者的描述是正面的，认为他们性感，并将他们标记为“真的异性恋”。这些发现表明，对双性恋者存在多种潜在的信念，这些信念导致了双性厌恶，尤其是对双性恋男性的厌恶。研究结果还证实了在评估性偏见时考虑目标和评价者的性别（两者）的重要性。
