Men's partner-sexual objectification has been linked to increased self-objectification and diminished well-being in women. Some recent findings have also demonstrated that men's partner-sexual objectification is related to increased violence in the relationship. However, mechanisms driving this association remain unexplored. In the present research, we collected data on women and men involved in heterosexual romantic relationships and investigated the associations between men's partner-sexual objectification, women's self-objectification, and both partners' attitudes toward dating violence. Study 1 (N = 171 heterosexual couples) provided first evidence for the link between men's partner-sexual objectification and their attitudes toward dating violence. Furthermore, men's attitudes toward dating violence mediated the relationship between sexual objectification of their partners and women's attitudes toward dating violence. These results were replicated in Study 2 (N = 235 heterosexual couples). Findings of this study also revealed that, along with men's attitudes toward dating violence, women's self-objectification acted as a mediating mechanism linking experiences of being sexually objectified by the romantic partner and attitudes toward dating violence in women. Implications of our findings for the issue of dating violence are discussed.

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为什么女性可能会为约会暴力辩护？男性在异性恋关系中对其浪漫伴侣的性客体化的作用。

男性对伴侣性的客体化与女性自我客体化的增加和幸福感的下降有关。最近的一些研究结果还表明，男性对伴侣的性客体化与关系中暴力行为的增加有关。然而，驱动这种关联的机制仍有待探索。在本研究中，我们收集了异性恋恋爱关系中女性和男性的数据，并调查了男性伴侣性客体化、女性自我客体化以及伴侣双方对约会暴力的态度之间的关联。研究 1（N = 171 异性恋夫妇）为男性伴侣性客体化与他们对约会暴力的态度之间的联系提供了第一个证据。此外，男性对约会暴力的态度调节了伴侣的性客体化与女性对约会暴力的态度之间的关系。这些结果在研究 2 中得到了重复（N = 235 对异性伴侣）。这项研究的结果还表明，除了男性对约会暴力的态度之外，女性的自我客体化也充当了一种中介机制，将被浪漫伴侣性客体化的经历与女性对约会暴力的态度联系起来。讨论了我们的发现对约会暴力问题的影响。