People Judge Male Sexism More Leniently When Women Emasculate Men
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5338916 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth S Michniewicz (0000-0001-7467-8875, University of South Florida), Joseph A Vandello (0000-0001-9318-4002, University of South Florida) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 197-209 |
| Publication date | 2015-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1864-9335 • E-ISSN: 2151-2590 |
| Publisher | Hogrefe Publishing Group (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1027/1864-9335/a000227 |
| OpenAlex | W1879065736 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 35 |
While overt sexism has become less acceptable in recent years, sexism frequently goes unchallenged by observers for a variety of reasons. In the present investigation, we propose that people may excuse men's sexist remarks when the remarks follow a manhood threat caused by a woman. In Study 1, we found that a man's sexist remark buffered against the emasculating effect of a threat to his masculinity from an ex-girlfriend. In Study 2, we further show that observers excuse a man's sexist remark following a competitive loss to a woman to the extent that they perceive him as less manly as a result. We replicate this finding in Study 3 while ruling out two competing explanations. We discuss the implication that sexism prevention efforts need to identify and address gender-related contexts where sexism is excused in order for efforts to move toward its prevention
Excuse · Masculinity · Order (exchange) · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Sex discrimination · Variety (cybernetics) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Law · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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Masculinity as Homophobia
Precarious Manhood and Displays of Physical Aggression
Confronting Prejudice (Literally)
Hard won and easily lost
Intrepid, imprudent, or impetuous? The effects of gender threats on men's financial decisions
When men break the gender rules
Implicit and explicit emotional reactions to witnessing prejudice
Overt, Covert, And Subtle Sexism
Seeing the Unseen
When Do We Confront? Perceptions of Costs and Benefits Predict Confronting Discrimination on Behalf of the Self and Others
Sexual Harassment and Assault
Judgments of Sexism
Men’s (Mis)Perceptions of the Gender Threatening Consequences of Unemployment
The Proof is in the Punch
Real Versus Imagined Gender Harassment
The Ambivalent Sexism Inventory
The unexpectedly positive consequences of confronting sexism
Turn-frogs and careful-sweaters
The Good, the Bad, and the Manly
Status incongruity and backlash effects
Social dominance orientation
A Decade of System Justification Theory
Precarious manhood
Reactions to Counterstereotypic Behavior
Reporting discrimination in public and private contexts
Stereotypes and terror management
Gender dichotomization at the level of ingroup identity
On Heterosexual Masculinity
Experimental Research on Just-World Theory
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,45 |
| Citation span | 2015 - 2021 (7) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |