Racial preferences in sexual attraction are highly visible and controversial. They may also negatively impact those who are excluded. It is unclear whether these preferences are merely self-attributed or extend to patterns of experienced sexual arousal. Furthermore, some argue that racial preferences in sexual attraction reflect idiosyncratic personal preferences, while others argue that they are more systematically motivated and reflect broader negative attitudes toward particular races. In two studies, we examined these issues by measuring the sexual arousal patterns and negative racial attitudes of 78 White men in relation to their racial preferences in sexual attraction to White versus Black people. For both White heterosexual men (n = 40; Study 1) and White gay men (n = 38; Study 2), greater racial preferences in sexual attraction to White versus Black people of their preferred gender were associated with more subjective and genital arousal by erotic stimuli featuring White versus Black people of their preferred gender, and with more explicit and implicit negative attitudes toward Black people. Findings suggest that racial preferences in sexual attraction are reflected in patterns of sexual arousal, and they might also be systematically motivated by negative attitudes toward particular races.

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白人异性恋和同性恋男性性吸引力的种族偏好：来自性唤起模式和消极种族态度的证据

性吸引力中的种族偏好是非常明显和有争议的。它们也可能对那些被排除在外的人产生负面影响。目前尚不清楚这些偏好是否仅仅是自我归因或延伸到有经验的性唤起模式。此外，一些人认为，性吸引力中的种族偏好反映了特殊的个人偏好，而另一些人则认为，他们更有系统的动机，反映了对特定种族的更广泛的负面态度。在两项研究中，我们通过测量 78 名白人男性的性唤起模式和消极的种族态度与他们对白人和黑人的性吸引力的种族偏好有关，从而研究了这些问题。对于白人异性恋男性（n  = 40；研究 1）和白人男同性恋者（n = 38; 研究 2），对白人和黑人的性吸引力更大的种族偏好与他们偏好性别的白人和黑人的色情刺激更主观和生殖器唤醒有关，并且对黑人有更明确和隐含的消极态度人们。研究结果表明，性吸引力中的种族偏好反映在性唤起模式中，并且它们也可能受到对特定种族的负面态度的系统性激励。