In this study we examined how people perceive social-sexual behavior of women and men, and how these perceptions were associated with beliefs about the outcomes of the #MeToo movement, sexism, traditional values, and gender equality. In addition, we examined the effect of having experienced sexual harassment on such perceptions. Analyses were performed on a Norwegian snowball social media sample covering 321 women and 168 men, aged 18–59 (M = 33.1). Outcome variables covered perceptions of scenarios that described opposite-sex social-sexual behaviors performed by female and male actors within the workplace environment. Path analysis showed that negative beliefs about the outcomes of the #MeToo movement was the principal predictor for perception of female and male social-sexual behavior as sexual harassment for women and men participants. Traditional values, gender equality, and hostile sexism toward women were all associated with perception of social-sexual behavior as sexual harassment, however the effects of these variables were only indirect and fully accounted for by the effect of negative #MeToo beliefs. For women, having experienced sexual harassment was associated with hostile sexism toward men, but had no effect on the perceptions over and above the effect of the other variables in the model. The predictors on participants’ perceptions were highly similar for women and men and for evaluations of female and male actors. Theoretical and methodological implications are discussed.

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在斯堪的纳维亚，#MeToo 后将工作场所的社会性行为视为性骚扰

在这项研究中，我们研究了人们如何看待女性和男性的社会性行为，以及这些看法如何与关于#MeToo 运动结果、性别歧视、传统价值观和性别平等的信念相关联。此外，我们还研究了经历过性骚扰对这种看法的影响。对挪威滚雪球社交媒体样本进行了分析，该样本涵盖 321 名女性和 168 名男性，年龄在 18-59 岁之间（M = 33.1）。结果变量涵盖了对描述女性和男性行为者在工作场所环境中进行的异性社会性行为的情景的看法。路径分析表明，对#MeToo 运动结果的负面信念是将女性和男性社会性行为视为对女性和男性参与者的性骚扰的主要预测因素。传统价值观、性别平等和对女性的敌意性别歧视都与将社会性行为视为性骚扰的看法有关，但是这些变量的影响只是间接的，并且完全由负面#MeToo 信念的影响来解释。对于女性来说，经历过性骚扰与对男性的敌意性别歧视有关，但除了模型中其他变量的影响之外，对感知没有影响。对于女性和男性以及对女性和男性演员的评估，参与者感知的预测因子非常相似。讨论了理论和方法的影响。