The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.
NORC at the University of Chicago, IL, USA.
Pers Soc Psychol Bull. 2024 May;50(5):766-779. doi: 10.1177/01461672221143839. Epub 2023 Jan 21.
People perceive men's masculinity to be more precarious, or easier to lose, than women's femininity. In the present article, we investigated (a) whether men's heterosexuality is likewise perceived to be more precarious than women's, and if so, (b) whether this effect is exaggerated when the targets in question are Black rather than White. To investigate these questions, we conducted three experiments (one of which was conducted on a probability-based sample of U.S. adults; total = 3,811) in which participants read about a target person who either did or did not engage in a single same-sex sexual behavior. Results revealed that participants questioned the heterosexuality of men more than the heterosexuality of women when they engaged (vs. did not engage) in same-sex sexual behavior. Surprisingly, these effects were moderated by whether targets were Black versus White. Results are interpreted in light of recent models of intersectional stereotyping.
人们认为男性的男子气概比女性的女性气质更容易受到威胁或更容易失去。在本文中，我们研究了（a）男性的异性恋是否同样被认为比女性的异性恋更容易受到威胁，如果是这样，（b）当所涉及的目标是黑人而不是白人时，这种影响是否会被夸大。为了研究这些问题，我们进行了三项实验（其中一项是在基于概率的美国成年人样本上进行的；总样本量为 3811），参与者阅读了一个目标人物的信息，该目标人物要么进行了一次同性性行为，要么没有进行同性性行为。结果表明，当目标人物进行（而非没有进行）同性性行为时，参与者对男性的异性恋的质疑多于对女性的异性恋的质疑。令人惊讶的是，这些影响受到目标是黑人还是白人的调节。研究结果从最近的交叉刻板印象模型的角度进行了解释。
