Zhang Jiewen, Mollandsøy Amalie B, Nornes Cecilie, Erevik Eilin K, Pallesen Ståle
Department of Psychosocial Science, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
Department of Developmental Psychology and Socialisation, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Scand J Psychol. 2025 Feb;66(1):35-46. doi: 10.1111/sjop.13062. Epub 2024 Aug 5.
Hostility towards women is a type of prejudice that can have adverse effects on women and society, but research on predictors of men's hostility towards women is limited. The present study primarily introduced predictors associated with misogynist involuntary celibates (incels), and then investigated whether loneliness, rejection, attractiveness, number of romantic and sexual partners, right-wing authoritarianism, and gaming predicted hostility towards women among a more general sample of men. A total of 473 men (aged 18-35, single, heterosexual, UK residents) recruited via Prolific answered the hostile sexism subscale, the misogyny scale, the self-perceived sexual attractiveness scale, the right-wing authoritarianism scale, the game addiction scale for adolescents, the adult rejection-sensitivity scale, the UCLA loneliness scale, and self-developed questions regarding number of sexual and romantic partners, and time spent gaming. We found a strong positive relationship between right-wing authoritarianism and hostility towards women, as well as a strong convex curvilinear relationship between attractiveness and hostility towards women. The number of sexual partners showed a moderate concave relationship with hostility towards women. We did not find sufficient support for a relationship between gaming and hostility towards women, and there was no support that loneliness, rejection, or romantic partners predicted hostility towards women among a general sample of men. Our study supports right-wing authoritarianism and self-perceived attractiveness as potential strong predictors in understanding men's hostility towards women in the wider community. Pre-registration: https://osf.io/ms3a4.
对女性的敌意是一种偏见，会对女性和社会产生不利影响，但关于男性对女性敌意的预测因素的研究有限。本研究主要介绍了与厌女的非自愿独身者（“单身狗”群体）相关的预测因素，然后调查了孤独感、被拒感、吸引力、恋爱和性伴侣数量、右翼威权主义以及玩游戏是否能预测更广泛男性样本中对女性的敌意。通过Prolific招募的473名男性（年龄在18 - 35岁之间，单身，异性恋，英国居民）回答了敌意性别歧视分量表、厌女量表、自我感知的性吸引力量表、右翼威权主义量表、青少年游戏成瘾量表、成人被拒敏感性量表、加州大学洛杉矶分校孤独感量表，以及关于性和恋爱伴侣数量以及玩游戏时间的自编问题。我们发现右翼威权主义与对女性的敌意之间存在强烈的正相关关系，以及吸引力与对女性的敌意之间存在强烈的凸曲线关系。性伴侣数量与对女性的敌意呈适度的凹曲线关系。我们没有找到足够的证据支持玩游戏与对女性的敌意之间存在关联，也没有证据表明在一般男性样本中孤独感、被拒感或恋爱伴侣能预测对女性的敌意。我们的研究支持右翼威权主义和自我感知的吸引力是理解更广泛社区中男性对女性敌意的潜在重要预测因素。预注册：https://osf.io/ms3a4 。
