School of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK.
Social Research Institute, University College London, UK.
Br J Soc Psychol. 2021 Jul;60(3):826-850. doi: 10.1111/bjso.12442. Epub 2021 Jan 20.
Voice-based sexual orientation (SO) judgements can prompt group-based discrimination. However, the relationships between stigmatization and essentialist beliefs about vocal cues to SO have not been researched. Two studies examined heterosexuals' and gay men's and lesbian women's essentialist beliefs about voice as a cue of SO to uncover essentialist beliefs' role in the perpetration and experience of stigma. In Study 1 (N = 363), heterosexual participants believed voice was a better cue to SO for men than for women, and participants' belief in the discreteness, immutability, and controllability of 'gay-sounding' voices was correlated with higher avoidant discrimination towards gay-sounding men. In Study 2 (N = 147), endorsement of essentialist beliefs about voice as a SO cue was associated with self-perceptions of sounding gay amongst gay men and lesbians. Sexual minority participants, especially gay men, who believed that they sounded gay reported more anticipation of rejection and engaged in vigilance in response. Essentialist beliefs about vocal cues to SO are relevant to explaining both the perpetration of stigma by heterosexuals and the experience of stigma for lesbians and gay men.
基于语音的性取向（SO）判断可能会引发基于群体的歧视。然而，关于语音线索与 SO 的本质主义信念之间的关系尚未得到研究。两项研究考察了异性恋者以及男同性恋者和女同性恋者对声音作为 SO 线索的本质主义信念，以揭示本质主义信念在污名化的产生和经历中的作用。在研究 1（N=363）中，异性恋参与者认为声音是男性 SO 的更好线索，而不是女性。参与者对“同性恋声音”的离散性、不变性和可控制性的信念与对“同性恋声音”男性的回避歧视呈正相关。在研究 2（N=147）中，对声音作为 SO 线索的本质主义信念的认可与男同性恋者和女同性恋者对自己听起来像同性恋的自我认知有关。认为自己听起来像同性恋的少数性取向参与者，尤其是男同性恋者，报告了更多对拒绝的预期，并对此做出警惕反应。关于 SO 语音线索的本质主义信念与解释异性恋者实施污名化以及女同性恋者和男同性恋者经历污名化两者都相关。
