We investigated how two forms of objectification (i.e., sex- and beauty-based objectification) relate to metadehumanization (i.e., the perception of being dehumanized) and emotional consequences for victims. Capitalizing on previous research, we hypothesized that sex-based objectification would induce animalistic metadehumanization and that beauty-based objectification would induce mechanistic metadehumanization. Our four studies showed that sex-based objectification elicits stronger mechanistic metadehumanization than beauty-based objectification, which also elicits higher mechanistic metadehumanization than non-objectifying control condition. Unexpectedly, animalistic metadehumanization did not vary across conditions. These findings suggest that, consistent with the social metaphor, objectified women feel mechanistically dehumanized, independently of the objectification type faced. Sex- and beauty-based objectifications also elicit more anger but less sadness than the control condition. However, only sex-based objectification increases guilt feelings. The general discussion contrasts perpetrators’ vision of objectified women to women’s own experience of objectification.

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基于性别和基于美的客观化：受害者的超人性化和情感后果

我们调查了两种形式的客体化（即基于性和美的客体化）如何与超非人化（即被非人化的感知）和受害者的情感后果相关联。利用之前的研究，我们假设基于性别的客体化会导致动物性超人性化，而基于美的客体化会导致机械性超人性化。我们的四项研究表明，基于性别的客体化比基于美的客体化引发了更强的机械元去人化，这也引发了比非客观化控制条件更高的机械元去人化。出乎意料的是，动物性超人性化并没有因条件而异。这些发现表明，与社会隐喻一致，客观化的女性感到机械地非人化，独立于所面临的客观化类型。与对照条件相比，基于性和美的客观化也引起更多的愤怒，但更少的悲伤。然而，只有基于性别的客观化才会增加内疚感。一般性讨论将犯罪者对客观化女性的看法与女性自身的客观化经历进行了对比。