Antecedents of Gender Harassment: An Analysis of Person and Situation Factors

Two laboratory studies examined the impact of person and situation factors in the prediction of gender harassment. Male undergraduates from a mid-sized Midwestern university in the U.S. were recruited based on an assessment of sexist attitudes. It was predicted that, across two studies, characterist...

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Published in:Sex roles 2009-12, Vol.61 (11-12), p.794-807
Main Authors: Hitlan, Robert T., Pryor, John B., Hesson-McInnis, Matthew S., Olson, Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Biological and medical sciences
Blue Collar Occupations
College Students
Employment Interviews
Environmental Factors
Females
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gender Bias
Gender Discrimination
Gender Studies
Individual Characteristics
Individual Differences
Interviews
Males
Medicine/Public Health
Negative Attitudes
Original Article
Police
Political Attitudes
Prediction
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychology. Psychophysiology
Resistance (Psychology)
Sexism
Sexual Harassment
Situation
Social Attitudes
Social Environment
Social interactions. Communication. Group processes
Social psychology
Social role. Sex role
Sociology
Stereotypes
Television Commercials
Undergraduate Students
Verbal Stimuli
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Summary:Two laboratory studies examined the impact of person and situation factors in the prediction of gender harassment. Male undergraduates from a mid-sized Midwestern university in the U.S. were recruited based on an assessment of sexist attitudes. It was predicted that, across two studies, characteristics of one’s personality (sexist attitudes) and situational characteristics (sexual priming and masculine identity threat) would produce unique and interactive effects in the prediction of gender harassment, defined behaviorally as the number of sexist questions asked of women during a mock job interview, and cognitively as negative evaluations of the female interviewee. Across both studies, results support the predictions that both person and situation factors are important to understanding gender harassment.
ISSN:0360-0025
1573-2762
DOI:10.1007/s11199-009-9689-2