Two studies (total N = 778) looked at (1) how people react to research finding a sex difference depending on whether the research puts men or women in a better light and (2) how well people can predict the average man and average woman's reactions. Participants read a fictional popular-science article about fictional research finding either a male- or a female-favouring sex difference. The research was credited to either a male or a female lead researcher. In both studies, both sexes reacted less positively to differences favouring males; in contrast to our earlier research, however, the effect was larger among female participants. Contrary to a widespread expectation, participants did not react less positively to research led by a female. Participants did react less positively, though, to research led by a male when the research reported a male-favouring difference in a highly valued trait. Participants judged male-favouring research to be lower in quality than female-favouring research, apparently in large part because they saw the former as more harmful. In both studies, participants predicted that the average man and woman would exhibit substantial own-sex favouritism, with both sexes predicting more own-sex favouritism from the other sex than the other sex predicted from itself. In making these predictions, participants overestimated women's own-sex favouritism, and got the direction of the effect wrong for men. A greater understanding of the tendency to overestimate gender-ingroup bias could help quell antagonisms between the sexes.

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对性别差异研究的反应：偏好性别、研究人员性别和性别差异领域的重要性的影响

两项研究（总共N  = 778）着眼于（1）人们对发现性别差异的研究的反应取决于研究是否使男性或女性处于更好的视野中，以及（2）人们对平均男性和女性的预测能力如何反应。参与者阅读了一篇虚构的科普文章，内容是关于虚构研究发现男性或女性偏好的性别差异。该研究归功于男性或女性首席研究员。在这两项研究中，两性对有利于男性的差异的反应都不太积极。然而，与我们早期的研究相比，女性参与者的影响更大。与普遍的预期相反，参与者对女性领导的研究的反应并没有那么积极。不过，参与者对由男性，当研究报告在一个高度重视的特征中存在有利于男性的差异时。参与者认为偏爱男性的研究质量低于偏爱女性的研究，这在很大程度上显然是因为他们认为前者更有害。在这两项研究中，参与者都预测，一般男性和女性都会表现出明显的性别偏爱，两性都比其他性别预测的对自己性别的偏爱更多。在做出这些预测时，参与者高估了女性对自己的性别偏爱，并且对男性的影响方向错误。更好地理解高估性别内群体偏见的倾向可能有助于平息两性之间的对抗。