Oswald Flora, Champion Amanda, Pedersen Cory L
Departments of Psychology and Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies, Pennsylvania State University.
Department of Criminology, Simon Fraser University.
J Sex Res. 2022 Mar-Apr;59(3):330-343. doi: 10.1080/00224499.2020.1841723. Epub 2020 Nov 12.
The assumptions people make from body shape can have serious implications for the well-being of the individuals inhabiting such bodies. Fat people are subject to pervasive and resilient social stigma and discrimination, leading to negative mental and physical health outcomes, including negative sexuality-related outcomes. Though previous studies have examined the personality traits attributed to, or the sexual attractiveness of, varying body shapes, no research has asked participants to make attributions of sexual traits to varying body shapes. The purpose of this study was thus to examine sexuality-related trait inferences made from body shapes. Participants ( = 891, 70% women, = 25.28) were randomly assigned to view 5 computer-generated 3-dimensional body models of varying shapes developed using the skinned multi-person linear model. Participants rated their sexual attraction to each body and the degree to which each of 30 traits (10 personality and 20 sexual) applied. Results demonstrated that larger bodies are generally viewed as less sexually attractive. Further, constellations of sexuality traits were predicted reliably by body shape, demonstrating that people hold sexual stereotypes about a diverse range of body shapes. This study provides an initial comprehensive demonstration of the sexuality-specific traits associated with varying body shapes.
人们基于体型所做的假设可能会对拥有此类体型的个体的幸福产生严重影响。胖人遭受着普遍且持久的社会污名和歧视，这会导致负面的身心健康后果，包括与性相关的负面后果。尽管先前的研究考察了不同体型所具有的人格特质或性吸引力，但尚无研究要求参与者对不同体型进行性特质归因。因此，本研究的目的是考察基于体型做出的与性相关的特质推断。参与者（(n = 891)，70%为女性，平均年龄(M = 25.28)）被随机分配观看5个使用蒙皮多人线性模型开发的不同形状的计算机生成的三维人体模型。参与者对每个体型的性吸引力以及30个性状（10个人格性状和20个性状）适用的程度进行评分。结果表明，体型较大的人通常被认为性吸引力较低。此外，体型能够可靠地预测性特质组合，这表明人们对各种各样的体型持有性刻板印象。本研究初步全面地证明了与不同体型相关的特定性特质。
