How sex puts you in gendered shoes
Sexuality-priming leads to gender-based self-perception and behavior
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6207533 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tanja Hundhammer (University of Cologne), Thomas Mussweiler (0000-0001-9373-4668, University of Cologne) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 103 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 176-193 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3514 • E-ISSN: 1939-1315 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1037/a0028121 |
| PMID | 22545746 |
| OpenAlex | W2015989934 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 32 |
| References cited | 69 |
Scripts for sexual behavior dictate that women be submissive and tender and that men be assertive and dominant, reflecting the stereotypical view of women as communal and of men as agentic. Six experiments tested the hypothesis that exposure to sexuality cues causes men's and women's momentary self-perceptions and concomitant behavior to become more gender-typical. Using both pictorial and verbal prime materials that were presented both supraliminally and subliminally, we found that sex-priming strengthened gender-based self-perceptions (i.e., faster self-categorization as a woman or man; Study 1), heightened identification with one's own gender (Study 2), increased gender self-stereotyping (Study 3), and elicited greater submissiveness in women's behavior and greater assertiveness in men's behavior (Studies 4 and 5). These findings indicate that sex-priming causes self-perception and social behavior to become "attuned" to gender stereotypes. Study 6 demonstrated that these sex-priming effects can be eliminated by modern gender role primes. The potentially detrimental effects of sex-priming and possible countermeasures are discussed
Assertiveness · Developmental psychology · Gender role · Human sexuality · Perception · Priming (agriculture) · Social perception · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology
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