伤害假设:对女性的感知伤害如何影响对性别差异研究的反应
Steve Stewart-Williams1, Christine X R Leong1, Shania A Seto1
1School of Psychology, University of Nottingham Malaysia, Semenyih, Malaysia.
概括
当研究结果有利于男性时,对性别差异研究的反应不那么积极,特别是如果研究人员是男性. 这种厌恶与这种研究可能对女性造成的感知伤害有关.
科学领域:
- 心理学 心理学 心理学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 性别研究是性别研究.
背景情况:
- 关于性别差异的研究经常引发负面反应,特别是当发现有利于男性而不是女性时.
- 之前的研究表明,男性研究人员领导的研究结果有利于男性的研究结果加剧了这些负面反应.
- 驱动这种现象的潜在心理机制仍然不完全理解.
研究的目的:
- 实验性地调查对女性的感知伤害是影响对男性偏好的性别差异研究负面反应的主要因素的假设.
- 探索研究对这些反应的感知好处与缺点的调节作用.
主要方法:
- 参与者 (214名男性,219名女性) 评估了关于智力性别差异的虚构流行科学文章.
- 文章条件因研究结果偏向男性或女性以及研究人员的性别 (男性或女性) 而有所不同.
- 任务介绍将性别差异研究视为潜在的有益或有害,以检查感知到的危害.
主要成果:
- 参与者对有利于男性的智力差异反应不太好,特别是当归因于男性研究人员时.
- 当强调性别差异研究的潜在缺点与潜在好处相比时,这种负面反应被放大了.
- 这些发现支持伤害假设,表明对女性的感知伤害驱动对有利于男性的研究的厌恶.
结论:
- 对妇女造成伤害的看法是导致公众对有利于男性的研究结果的负面反应的一个重要因素.
- 了解这些看法对于解释公众对性别差异研究的参与至关重要.
- 未来的研究应该考虑感知损害在公众对性别科学发现的接受方面的作用.
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