Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
The University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2020 Oct;46(10):1491-1506. doi: 10.1177/0146167220907475. Epub 2020 Mar 10.
Hostile sexism expresses derogation of women's competence emphasizes that women will exploit men's relational dependence. Men who endorse hostile sexism perceive their female partners more negatively, but do these negative perceptions stem from motives for dominance or insecurities about dependence? We tested both perspectives by assessing bias in perceptions of partners' behaviors that challenge (criticism, instruction, taking over) versus affirm partners are (love, care, availability). Both members of 100 heterosexual couples reported how much they received and enacted these behaviors in (a) a lab-based discussion and (b) six monthly retrospective reports about an ongoing important goal. In both support contexts, men's hostile sexism was associated with underestimating dependability-relevant support, particularly when partners reported providing low support. This pattern did not emerge for dominance-relevant behaviors. These results indicate that men's hostile sexism involves insecurities about dependence, producing perceptions that female partners are less dependable than they actually are.
敌意性别歧视表达了对女性能力的贬低，强调女性会利用男性的关系依赖。赞同敌意性别歧视的男性对他们的女性伴侣的看法更为负面，但这些负面看法是源于支配动机还是对依赖的不安全感？我们通过评估对伴侣行为的感知偏见来检验这两种观点，这些行为挑战了（批评、指导、接管）伴侣，而肯定了伴侣是（爱、关心、可用性）。100 对异性恋夫妇的双方都报告了他们在（a）基于实验室的讨论和（b）关于正在进行的重要目标的六个月回顾报告中收到和实施这些行为的程度。在这两种支持情境下，男性的敌意性别歧视与低估依赖相关的支持有关，特别是当伴侣报告提供的支持较低时。这种模式在与支配相关的行为中没有出现。这些结果表明，男性的敌意性别歧视涉及对依赖的不安全感，导致他们认为女性伴侣不如实际情况那样可靠。
