Despite the frequency of women's exposure to sexually objectifying behaviors in their daily life (e.g., through comments on their appearance, gazing or touching), no previous work has investigated how such a focus on their physical appearance influences women's meta-perceptions. Capitalizing on recent studies showing that sexually objectified women are dehumanized by both male and female participants, the present paper investigates women's metadehumanization (i.e., their perceptions of being viewed as less than fully human) and its emotional consequences following interpersonal sexual objectification. In three studies, we showed that when an interaction partner focuses on their physical appearance, women report higher levels of metadehumanization, as well as increased anger and sadness, than when the partner focuses on non-physical parts. Theoretical and empirical contributions of the present findings are discussed.

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我的身体外表处于他人关注的焦点：妇女的元人类化和情绪化有什么后果？

尽管妇女在日常生活中经常发生性客体化行为（例如，通过评论她们的外表，凝视或触摸），但以前没有工作调查过如此关注她们的外表如何影响妇女的元认知。利用最近的研究表明，性对象化的女性被男性和女性参与者都降低了人性化程度，本文研究了女性的元化性化（即，他们认为自己被认为不完全是人类），以及其在人际间性化对象化之后的情感后果。在三项研究中，我们表明，当一个互动伴侣专注于自己的外表时，女性报告的元人类化程度更高，并且愤怒和悲伤也随之增加，而不是当合作伙伴专注于非身体部位时。讨论了本研究结果的理论和经验贡献。