ABSTRACT

Individuals perceived to be LGBTQ+ are at risk for harassment. Although bystanders who confront harassers and support targets of harassment may promote inclusivity, the use of humor to express antigay harassment may inhibit prosocial bystander intervention. Non-LGBTQ+ undergraduates (N = 326) were randomly assigned to respond to a scenario in which a male peer disparaged another peer with antigay comments involving either the presence or absence of humor. Results showed that bystanders reported less intent to intervene in the presence of humor than in its absence. Bystander gender moderated perceptions of humorous harassing speech but not intent to intervene. In the presence of humor, men but not women perceived antigay harassment as more amusing; they also perceived the harassing peer more favorably. To promote ally behavior, bystander education may explicitly address critical thinking about the functions and effects of disparaging humor.

摘要

被认为是 LGBTQ+ 的个人有受到骚扰的风险。尽管面对骚扰者并支持骚扰目标的旁观者可能会促进包容性，但使用幽默来表达反同性恋骚扰可能会抑制亲社会旁观者的干预。非 LGBTQ+ 本科生 ( N= 326）被随机分配以回应男性同伴贬低另一位同伴的反同性恋评论，其中涉及幽默的存在或不存在。结果表明，与没有幽默相比，旁观者报告的干预意愿较低。旁观者性别缓和了对幽默骚扰言论的看法，但无意干预。在幽默的情况下，男性而不是女性认为反同性恋骚扰更有趣；他们也更喜欢骚扰的同伴。为了促进盟友的行为，旁观者教育可以明确地针对贬低幽默的功能和影响进行批判性思考。