Four studies analyzed how sexual orientation (heterosexual vs. gay) and age categories (young vs. elderly) referring to men are cognitively combined. In Study 1, young gay men were judged as more prototypical of gay men than adult or elderly gay men, while young, adult, and elderly heterosexual men were perceived as equally prototypical of heterosexual men. In Study 2, gay men were stereotyped more by young rather than elderly stereotypical traits, while heterosexual men were not stereotyped in terms of age. In Study 3, elderly men were stereotyped more by heterosexual than gay-stereotypical traits, while young men were not stereotyped in terms of sexual orientation. In Study 4, gay men were judged to be young rather than elderly, while elderly men were judged to be heterosexual rather than gay. Overall, elderly gay men were overlooked when processing their constituent categories, “gay” and “elderly” men. Implications for models of intersectionality are discussed.

四项研究分析了男性的性取向（异性恋与男同性恋）和年龄类别（年轻人与老年人）之间的认知组合。在研究1中，年轻同性恋者被认为比成人或老年同性恋者具有更多的原型，而年轻，成年和老年的异性恋者则被视为同性原型。在研究2中，对同性恋者的刻板印象更多的是年轻人而不是老年人的刻板印象，而异性恋男人的年龄则没有刻板印象。在研究3中，老年男性在异性恋方面的刻板印象多于同性恋刻板印象，而年轻男性在性取向方面则没有刻板印象。在研究4中，男同性恋被认为是年轻而不是老年人，而老男人则被认为是异性恋而不是同性恋。全面的，在处理男同性恋者的构成类别“同性恋”和“老年”男人时，他们被忽略了。讨论了交叉模型的含义。