Based on research suggesting that alcohol consumption can be used as a means of coping with negative affect (Cooper et al. 1995 ), the current study examines sexism as a factor in college women’s alcohol consumption. Despite being more prevalent than hostile sexism, benevolent sexism is often viewed as less sexist (Oswald et al. 2018 ) and having a less aversive impact on women (Bosson et al. 2010 ). To increase understanding of the negative effects of both hostile and benevolent sexism, the current study experimentally manipulated sexism during a lab session and measured 176 U.S. college women’s actual alcohol consumption that evening. As predicted, college women who experienced either the hostile or the benevolent sexism condition reported consuming a greater number of alcoholic drinks, and those in the hostile sexism condition were more likely to meet the binge drinking threshold than participants in the control condition. This pattern suggests the importance of examining the unique effects of benevolent sexism in addition to hostile sexism because both may influence women’s behavior even in important health domains. Given the many negative consequences associated with alcohol consumption, our results provide evidence for education on healthy coping mechanisms and interventions to reduce both hostile and benevolent sexism.

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为平等干杯！敌对和仁慈的性别歧视都预示着大学女性饮酒量的增加

基于表明饮酒可以用作应对负面影响的一种手段的研究（Cooper 等人，1995 年），当前的研究将性别歧视作为大学女性饮酒的一个因素进行了研究。尽管比敌对的性别歧视更为普遍，但仁慈的性别歧视通常被视为不那么性别歧视（Oswald 等人，2018 年）并且对女性的负面影响较小（Bosson 等人，2010 年）。为了加深对敌意和仁慈性别歧视的负面影响的理解，当前的研究在实验室会议期间通过实验操纵性别歧视，并测量了 176 名美国大学女性当晚的实际饮酒量。正如预测的那样，经历过敌对或仁慈的性别歧视状况的女大学生报告说喝了更多的酒精饮料，敌对性别歧视条件下的参与者比控制条件下的参与者更有可能达到狂饮阈值。这种模式表明，除了敌对的性别歧视外，还必须检查仁慈的性别歧视的独特影响，因为即使在重要的健康领域，这两种歧视也可能影响女性的行为。鉴于与饮酒相关的许多负面后果，我们的结果为健康应对机制和干预措施的教育提供了证据，以减少敌对和仁慈的性别歧视。