Is That Really Sexual Harassment? The Effect of a Victim's Sexual Orientation on How People View a Sexual Harassment Claim.

Autor: Kulibert, Danica, Reidt, India, O'Brien, Laurie
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Zdroj: Journal of Homosexuality; 2025, Vol. 72 Issue 1, p20-44, 25p
Abstrakt: In four experiments and a meta-analysis, the present research examined how the sexual orientation of a victim affected the perceived legitimacy of sexual harassment claims. Working from prototype theory, the researchers hypothesized that because lesbian women deviate from the prototype of a sexual harassment victim, people would be less likely to perceive sexual harassment claims as legitimate when the victim was a lesbian woman as compared to a heterosexual woman. Although Experiment 1 yielded results congruent with the hypothesis, Experiment 2 and Experiment 3 did not. A meta-analysis conducted to assess effects of sexual orientation across all studies was not significant (g = −.06, z = −1.20, p =.23). The impact of victim prototypicality on perceptions of sexual harassment claims is discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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