Of Animals and Objects: Men’s Implicit Dehumanization of Women and Likelihood of Sexual Aggression

Volume: 38, Issue: 6, Pages: 734 - 746
Published: Feb 28, 2012
Abstract
Although dehumanizing women and male sexual aggression are theoretically aligned, the present research provides the first direct support for this assumption, using the Implicit Association Test to assess two forms of female dehumanization: animalization and objectification. In Study 1, men who automatically associated women more than men with primitive constructs (e.g., animals, instinct, nature) were more willing to rape and sexually harass...
Paper Details
Title
Of Animals and Objects: Men’s Implicit Dehumanization of Women and Likelihood of Sexual Aggression
Published Date
Feb 28, 2012
Volume
38
Issue
6
Pages
734 - 746
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