Interacting Like a Body

Psychological Science - Tập 21 Số 2 - Trang 178-182 - 2010
Tamar Saguy1, Diane M. Quinn2, John F. Dovidio3, Felicia Pratto2
1Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Herzliya 46150, Israel .
2University of Connecticut
3Yale University

Tóm tắt

The present experiment tested the impact of sexual objectification on women’s behavior in social interactions. We predicted that when objectified, women would narrow their social presence by spending little time talking, particularly when interacting with men. Participants (males and females) gave an oral introduction of themselves to an alleged interaction partner (male or female). Objectification was manipulated by having participants believe their bodies were either visually inspected or not inspected during this introduction. Specifically, participants introduced themselves through a closed-circuit device in one of three conditions: body (videotaped from the neck down), face (videotaped from the neck up), or audio (no videotaping). Women who were in the body condition and thought they were interacting with men spent less time talking than participants in all other groups. In addition, the majority of women disliked the body condition, indicating that they found having their bodies gazed at aversive. Implications for women’s behavior in mixed-sex contexts are discussed.

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Psychological Science

Tập 21 Số 2

178-182

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