ABSTRACT

The Fifty Shades books and films shed light on a sexual and leather-clad subculture predominantly kept in the dark: bondage, discipline, submission, and sadomasochism (BDSM). Such new interest in this community also generated widespread misconceptions about the sexual practices that take place in these circles, especially in regard to the treatment of women. In the current study, we investigate how a BDSM or “leather” identity is related to attitudes toward women. We use a nationally representative sample of U.S. adult men aged 18–64 stratified by U.S. Census categories of age, race/ethnicity, and census region (N = 1474) and a subsample of leathermen (n = 65; 58% hetero-leather identified and 42% non-hetero-leather identified). Specifically, we explore leather identity as it relates to the support of laws/policies helping women, non-feminist identity, patriarchal gender norms, and the stigmatization of lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LBTQ) women among both hetero and non-hetero leathermen. Overall, our findings indicate a robust relationship between these anti-woman perspectives and leatherman identity that is especially pronounced among hetero leathermen and demonstrate the importance of continuing to consider how leather identity shapes misogyny among leathermen.

摘要

的五十道阴影书籍和电影揭示了性和皮革一般的亚文化群主要蒙在鼓里：束缚，纪律，提交和施虐受虐狂（BDSM）。对这个社区的这种新兴趣也产生了对这些圈子中发生的性行为的普遍误解，尤其是在对待妇女方面。在当前的研究中，我们调查了 BDSM 或“皮革”身份与对女性的态度之间的关系。我们使用按美国人口普查年龄、种族/民族和人口普查地区 ( N = 1474)分类的 18-64 岁美国成年男性的全国代表性样本和皮革工子样本 ( n= 65; 鉴定出 58% 的异质皮革和鉴定出 42% 的非异质皮革）。具体来说，我们探索皮革身份，因为它与帮助女性的法律/政策的支持、非女权主义身份、父权制性别规范以及异性恋和非女性同性恋、双性恋、跨性别和酷儿 (LBTQ) 女性的污名化有关。异性皮匠。总体而言，我们的研究结果表明，这些反女性观点与皮革人身份之间存在强大的关系，这在异性皮革人中尤为明显，并证明了继续考虑皮革身份如何塑造皮革人厌女症的重要性。