Two studies investigated (1) how people react to research describing a sex difference, depending on whether that difference favours males or females, and (2) how accurately people can predict how the average man and woman will react. In Study 1, Western participants (N = 492) viewed a fictional popular‐science article describing either a male‐favouring or a female‐favouring sex difference (i.e., men/women draw better; women/men lie more). Both sexes reacted less positively to the male‐favouring differences, judging the findings to be less important, less credible, and more offensive, harmful, and upsetting. Participants predicted that the average man and woman would react more positively to sex differences favouring their own sex. This was true of the average woman, although the level of own‐sex favouritism was lower than participants predicted. It was not true, however, of the average man, who – like the average woman – reacted more positively to the female‐favouring differences. Study 2 replicated these findings in a Southeast Asian sample (N = 336). Our results are consistent with the idea that both sexes are more protective of women than men, but that both exaggerate the level of same‐sex favouritism within each sex – a misconception that could potentially harm relations between the sexes.

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对男性偏爱与女性偏爱的性别差异的反应：预先注册的实验和东南亚的复制

两项研究进行了调查（1）人们对描述性别差异的研究有何反应，具体取决于性别差异是有利于男性还是女性，以及（2）人们如何准确地预测普通男女的反应。在研究1，西方参与者（ñ = 492）观看了一篇虚构的科普文章，描述了男性偏爱或女性偏爱的性别差异（即男人/女人画得更好；女人/男人说谎得更多）。男女双方对男性偏爱的反应都不太积极，认为研究结果不那么重要，可信度较低，而且更具攻击性，危害性和生气。参与者预测，普通的男人和女人对有利于自己性别的性别差异会做出更积极的反应。尽管女性的性偏爱程度低于参与者的预期，但对普通女性而言确实如此。但是，对于普通男人而言，情况却并非如此，就像普通女人一样，男人对女性偏爱的反应更为积极。研究2在东南亚样本中重复了这些发现（N = 336）。我们的结果与这样的观点是一致的，即男女都比男人更保护女性，但是两者都夸大了每个性别中同性偏爱的程度-一种误解，有可能损害两性之间的关系。