In the office or at the gym: The impact of confronting sexism in specific contexts on support for confrontation and perceptions of others

Vaccarino, Elysia; Kawakami, Kerry

doi:10.1080/15298868.2020.1832566

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“…In this study, we sought to explore the social costs faced by confronters of antilesbian prejudice. Contrary to research on confrontations of sexism, racism, and ageism, which finds that confronters of prejudice are often perceived negatively (Becker et al, 2011; Chasteen et al, 2021; Czopp et al, 2006; Vaccarino & Kawakami, 2021; Wang et al, 2015), we found that confronters of antilesbian prejudice were more liked than those who simply ignored the bigoted comment. However, this finding was specific to confronters who were assumed to be men and is in line with findings from Dickter (2012) and Cadieux and Chasteen (2015), who found in some studies that people who confront homonegative prejudice were more liked than those who did not.…”

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The secret lies in the approach: Confronting antigay and antilesbian prejudice while minimizing individual costs.

Gans,

Schiralli,

Cadieux

et al. 2024

Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity

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The secret lies in the approach: Confronting antigay and antilesbian prejudice while minimizing individual costs.

Gans,

Schiralli,

Cadieux

et al. 2024

Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity

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“…Highly identified Asian participants favored ingroup confronters more than outgroup confronters, regardless of the manner in which they confronted the transgression. However, unlike in other work in this area (e.g., Vaccarino & Kawakami, in press), backlash against the target for demonstrating passive behavior was not found. Rather, highly identified participants only evaluated the outgroup confronter negatively when responding passively.…”

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Aggressive confrontation shapes perceptions and attitudes toward racist content online

Meyers

Leon

Williams

2020

Group Processes & Intergroup Relations

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With more people using social media on a daily basis and the prevalence of racial discrimination online, it becomes imperative to understand what factors impact minority individuals’ perceptions of these transgressions in an online context. Confrontation to discrimination in the form of comments on social media may meaningfully shape perceptions of racism online. Across three studies, we examine how confrontation type (aggressive vs. passive) and confronter group membership (ingroup vs. outgroup) influence Asian Americans’ perceptions of online prejudice and attitudes towards the confronters. In Study 1, we find that aggressive confrontations alter perceptions of a racist online post to be more offensive as compared to passive confrontations. In Study 2, these findings extend to participants’ likelihood to report the content as offensive. Lastly, in Study 3, we find that aggressive confronters are evaluated more positively than passive confronters. These findings have important implications for understanding racial discrimination in an online context by demonstrating the impact of confrontation type on minority individuals’ perceptions and behaviors.

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“…Considering that much of the current confrontation literature is conducted in non‐workplace contexts (e.g., Czopp & Monteith, 2003; Hyers, 2010; Rasinski & Czopp, 2010), this work contributes to the existing literature in that it focuses on the confrontation of prejudice between employees in organizations (cf. Martinez, 2013; Vaccarino & Kawakami, 2020). Because there is no existing theory to serve as a framework for a study regarding confrontation strategies specific to workplace sexism, we first sought to create a taxonomy for these primary distinctions and then tally how often each of the dimensions is discussed by the participants to assess their commonality.…”

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Confronting sexism: Identifying dimensions and exploring impact

Dray

Sabat

2022

J Applied Social Pyschol

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Although the effects of confronting sexism have been examined in the past, no research to date has demonstrated the most common dimensions along which confrontations of workplace sexism differ. Furthermore, previous research has not fully examined how different forms of sexism confrontations differentially impact the workplace experiences of targets experiencing these sexist actions. Thus, these two studies examine how confrontations of workplace sexism commonly differ and the workplace implications of these differences. In Study 1, data were collected from individuals who had witnessed a sexist encounter in the workplace that was subsequently confronted. Using a content analysis approach, we found that the most common differences in confrontations of workplace sexism included the identity of the confronter, the tone of the confrontation, the location of the confrontation, the number of confronters, and the timing of the confrontation. In Studies 2 and 3, we examined how these differences impacted job stress, turnover intentions, perceived organizational support, job satisfaction, and workplace diversity climate of women targets. In Study 2, analysis of survey data from women employees determined that workplace confrontations of workplace sexism of any form are equally beneficial for women targets. Study 3, an experimental vignette study, provided support for the Study 2 findings. This study aids researchers in understanding the dimensionality of sexism confrontations as well as the relationships between these dimensions and important workplace outcomes. This study will also prove useful for practitioners intent on educating allies and targets on when and how they should confront sexism at work.

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In the office or at the gym: The impact of confronting sexism in specific contexts on support for confrontation and perceptions of others

Cited by 8 publications

References 41 publications

The secret lies in the approach: Confronting antigay and antilesbian prejudice while minimizing individual costs.

The secret lies in the approach: Confronting antigay and antilesbian prejudice while minimizing individual costs.

Aggressive confrontation shapes perceptions and attitudes toward racist content online

Confronting sexism: Identifying dimensions and exploring impact

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