Men as Allies Against Sexism: The Positive Effects of a Suggestion of Sexism by Male (vs. Female) Sources
Men as Allies Against Sexism: The Positive Effects of a Suggestion of Sexism by Male (vs. Female) Sources
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DOI：
10.1177/2158244014539168
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发表时间：
2014-04-01
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2
通讯作者：
Ellemers, Naomi
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作者：
Cihangir, Sezgin;Barreto, Manuela;Ellemers, Naomi
性别歧视通常以微妙和模棱两可的方式表达，导致目标怀疑自己的能力或表现出刻板印象的行为。这项研究探讨了当其他男性与女性来源表明性别歧视可能发挥了作用时，性别歧视目标的自信和刻板印象（反）确认行为是否可以得到加强。研究 1 (N = 78) 和研究 2 (N = 90) 都表明，男性来源提出的性别歧视暗示比女性来源提出的性别歧视暗示更有利。当男性提出存在性别歧视时，与女性提出性别歧视时相比，目标表现出更多的自信（更少的自我妨碍和更高的个人表现状态自尊），并且表现出更少的刻板印象确认（更少的自我刻板印象和更好的任务表现）。研究 2 还显示，当男性提出性别歧视的建议时，目标对象比女性提出同样的建议时更有可能提出投诉。这些结果表明，如果男性在发生性别歧视待遇时大声疾呼，他们可以成为反对性别歧视的重要盟友。
Sexism is often expressed in subtle and ambiguous ways, causing targets to doubt their own capabilities or to show stereotype-confirming behavior. This research examines whether the self-confidence and stereotype (dis-) confirming behavior of targets of sexism can be bolstered when other male versus female sources suggest that sexism may have played a role. Both Study 1 (N = 78) and Study 2 (N = 90) show that a suggestion of sexism has more beneficial effects when it is made by male sources than when it is made by female sources. When males suggested that sexism had taken place, targets reported more self-confidence (less self-handicapping and higher personal performance state self-esteem) and showed less stereotype confirmation (less self-stereotyping and better task performance) than when sexism was suggested by a female source. Study 2 additionally revealed that targets are more likely to file a complaint when men suggest that sexism took place than when this same suggestion was made by women. These results indicate that men can constitute important allies against sexism if they speak out when sexist treatment takes place.