In the United States, same‐sex and interracial couples benefit from federal court decisions recognizing and protecting their marital unions. Despite these legal protections, prejudiced beliefs and subtly‐biased behavior toward these groups may still be socially normative. The present studies surveyed Americans’ beliefs about the acceptability of prejudice toward same‐sex, interracial, and white heterosexual couples and then examined actual behavior among wedding venue professionals towards them. In Study 1, Americans felt it more socially normative to express prejudice toward same‐sex couples than toward interracial couples and heterosexual couples; they also forecasted that same‐sex couples would experience more discrimination by wedding industry professionals than interracial couples. Study 2 used experimental audit methods to examine whether the actual behavior of wedding venue professionals aligned with Americans’ social norm beliefs. Results revealed that same‐sex couples and, to a lesser extent, interracial couples experienced more discrimination by wedding industry professionals than did white heterosexual couples.

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婚姻平等：在书本上还是在地面上？婚庆行业对同性和异性伴侣的信念和行为的实验性审计研究 

在美国，同性和异族夫妇受益于承认和保护其婚姻联盟的联邦法院判决。尽管有这些法律保护，对这些群体的偏见和偏颇的行为仍可能是社会规范。本研究调查了美国人对偏见对同性，异族和白人异性恋夫妇的接受程度的看法，然后研究了婚礼场所专业人员对他们的偏见。在研究1中，美国人认为对同性伴侣表达偏见比对异族夫妇和异性恋夫妇表达偏见更具社会规范。他们还预测，同性伴侣比异族伴侣受到婚庆行业专业人士更多的歧视。研究2使用实验审计方法来检查婚礼场地专业人士的实际行为是否符合美国人的社会规范信念。结果显示，与白人异性恋夫妇相比，婚庆行业专业人士对同性伴侣以及较少程度上异族伴侣的歧视更大。