ABSTRACT

Two studies examined factors that would influence people’s preferences for interaction with a perpetrator of sexism. In Study 1 (n = 348), participants preferred to interact (being friends or developing a relationship) with an intelligent person regardless of whether or not that person was sexist. Study 2 (n = 614) replicated this finding and confirmed that where a perpetrator had a high level of intelligence, people were more willing to interact with them, regardless of the perpetrator’s sex and the perceived commission or non-commission of sexist behavior. Moreover, Study 2 provides evidence that participants’ hostile sexism beliefs are a significant covariate of a willingness to interact with unintelligent women. The results are discussed in terms of their implications for the understanding of person perception.

摘要

两项研究调查了会影响人们与性别歧视肇事者互动偏好的因素。在研究 1 ( n = 348) 中，参与者更喜欢与聪明人互动（成为朋友或发展关系），无论该人是否存在性别歧视。研究 2 ( n= 614) 复制了这一发现，并证实了在犯罪者智商较高的情况下，人们更愿意与他们互动，而不管犯罪者的性别以及感知到的或不存在的性别歧视行为。此外，研究 2 提供的证据表明，参与者的敌意性别歧视信念是愿意与不聪明的女性互动的重要协变量。这些结果将根据它们对理解人的感知的影响进行讨论。