Universidad Loyola Andalucía, Sevilla, Spain.
Carroll University, Waukesha, WI, USA.
J Interpers Violence. 2022 Feb;37(3-4):1430-1455. doi: 10.1177/0886260520922348. Epub 2020 May 29.
Sexual objectification is a subtle manifestation of sexist discrimination and violence against women that involves seeing and treating women as sex objects of male sexual desire. The primary aim of this research was to connect sexual objectification experiences with heterosexual intimate partner violence. This set of studies examined the impact of sexual objectification on intimate partner violence for both the female victim (Study 1) and the male perpetrator (Study 2). Female (Study 1) and male (Study 2) participants were asked to rate the extent they are victims or perpetrators of sexual objectification experiences and intimate partner violence. Moreover, women's self-silencing and men's ascriptions of humanity and empathy (through empathic concern and perspective taking) toward their partner was assessed. The results of the first study (including 154 heterosexual women) showed that general sexual objectification indirectly leads to higher psychological and physical violence through the internalization of self-silence schemas. The second study (including 165 heterosexual men) demonstrated a link between general sexual objectification and psychological and physical intimate partner violence. Moreover, the relation between men's perpetration of objectification and intimate partner violence was mediated by ascriptions of humanity and empathic concern toward their female partner (but not through perspective taking toward her). Results of both studies demonstrate the effect of sexual objectification (as target or perpetrator) on global intimate partner violence and explain the different psychological mechanisms through which it takes place depending on the gendered perspective. Theoretical implications and practical considerations for interventions on intimate partner violence are discussed.
性物化是性别歧视和暴力侵害妇女行为的一种微妙表现形式，它涉及将女性视为男性性欲望的性对象。本研究的主要目的是将性物化经历与异性恋亲密伴侣暴力联系起来。这组研究考察了性物化对女性受害者（研究 1）和男性施害者（研究 2）亲密伴侣暴力的影响。女性（研究 1）和男性（研究 2）参与者被要求评估他们在多大程度上是性物化经历和亲密伴侣暴力的受害者或施害者。此外，还评估了女性的自我沉默和男性对伴侣的人性和同理心（通过共情关心和换位思考）的归因。第一项研究（包括 154 名异性恋女性）的结果表明，一般的性物化通过内化自我沉默图式，间接地导致更高水平的心理和身体暴力。第二项研究（包括 165 名异性恋男性）表明，一般的性物化与心理和身体亲密伴侣暴力之间存在联系。此外，男性对性物化的施害与亲密伴侣暴力之间的关系受到他们对女性伴侣人性和共情关心的归因的中介（但不是通过对她的换位思考）。这两项研究的结果都表明了性物化（作为目标或施害者）对全球亲密伴侣暴力的影响，并解释了根据性别视角发生的不同心理机制。讨论了干预亲密伴侣暴力的理论意义和实际考虑。
