Moral disengagement as a self-regulatory process in sexual harassment perpetration at work: A preliminary conceptualization

Page, Thomas; Pina, Afroditi

doi:10.1016/j.avb.2015.01.004

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“…Both male and female participants dehumanized the sexually objectified women, rating them as less intelligent and less agentic than non-sexually objectified targets. These findings support the evidence that empathy is undermined when the target is dehumanized and seen more as an object than as a complete human being experiencing feelings and concerns (Čehajić et al 2009; see also Page and Pina 2015).…”

Section: Sexually Objectifying Media → Disruption Of Emphatic Resonancesupporting

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Media-Induced Sexual Harassment: The Routes from Sexually Objectifying Media to Sexual Harassment

Galdi

Guizzo

2020

Sex Roles

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Media that sexually objectify women by portraying them in ways that emphasize physical beauty and sexual readiness as well as reduce them to decorative and sexual objects have been traditionally identified by scholars as a powerful cultural risk factor encouraging sexual harassment and sexual violence. In the present article we review the existing empirical evidence linking sexually objectifying media and sexual harassment of women to the overarching and integrative Media-Induced Sexual Harassment framework. This framework offers a coherent scheme for explaining the effects of sexually objectifying media on three target groups directly involved in sexual harassment—perpetrators, victims, and bystanders—and it postulates three cognitive and emotional mechanisms through which sexually objectifying media lead to sexual harassment: dehumanization, disruption of emphatic resonance, and a shift in gender norms. The evidence reviewed on the basis of the Media-Induced Sexual Harassment framework shows that sexually objectifying media converge in normalizing harassing behaviors and can be a causal risk factor for increasing engagement in sexual harassment, heightening victims’ acceptance of sexual harassment and discouraging bystander intervention. We discuss implications of these arguments for effectively preventing negative effects of exposure to sexually objectifying media and for education programs aimed at critical media-consumption.

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Section: Sexually Objectifying Media → Disruption Of Emphatic Resonancesupporting

confidence: 78%

Media-Induced Sexual Harassment: The Routes from Sexually Objectifying Media to Sexual Harassment

Galdi

Guizzo

2020

Sex Roles

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“…Other predictors of cyberaggression, such as moral disengagement (Page & Pina, 2015;Page, Pina, & Giner-Sorolla, in press;Pornari & Wood, 2010), hostile attribution bias (Pornari & Wood, 2010), and perceptions of anonymity (Barlett, 2015;Ritter, 2014;Wright & Li, 2013) may also explain harassment in online games. Research investigating online hostility should take into account trait and other individual predictors that contribute to aggression.…”

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Men's harassment behavior in online video games: Personality traits and game factors

Tang

Fox

2016

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Online video games afford co-play and social interaction, often anonymous, among players from around the world. As predicted by the social identity model of deindividuation effects, undesirable behavior is not uncommon in online gaming environments, and online harassment has become a pervasive issue in the gaming community. In this study, we sought to determine what personality traits and game-related variables predicted two types of online aggression in video games: general harassment (e.g., skill-based taunting, insulting others' intelligence) and sexual harassment (e.g., sexist comments, rape threats). Men who play online video games (N = 425) participated in an anonymous online survey. Social dominance orientation and hostile sexism predicted higher levels of both sexual harassment and general harassment in online games. Game involvement and hours of weekly gameplay were additional predictors of general harassment. We discuss implications of online social aggression and online sexual harassment for online gaming. We also apply our findings to the broader understanding of online harassment, cyberaggression, cyberbullying, and other forms of online hostility in computer-mediated communication contexts. Aggr. Behav. 42:513-521, 2016. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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“…The positive association between cyberaggression and moral disengagement has been demonstrated in a variety of cultural contexts, including samples of Australian (Robson & Witenberg, 2013), German (Perren & Sticca, 2011;Wachs, 2012), Chinese (Wang et al, 2016(Wang et al, , 2017, Italian (Renati et al, 2012), and American (Meter et al, 2020;Meter & Bauman, 2018) adolescents and young adults. In the context of sexual violence, moral disengagement could be employed as a cognitive defense employed by perpetrators to exonerate their actions while blaming the victim, a process that could be highlighted by the acceptance of rape myths (Bandura, 1990;Page & Pina, 2015). The empirical or theoretical application of moral disengagement on explaining sexual violence may be limited (Page et al, 2016;Page & Pina, 2015).…”

Section: Theoretical Understanding Of Ibsamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In the context of sexual violence, moral disengagement could be employed as a cognitive defense employed by perpetrators to exonerate their actions while blaming the victim, a process that could be highlighted by the acceptance of rape myths (Bandura, 1990;Page & Pina, 2015). The empirical or theoretical application of moral disengagement on explaining sexual violence may be limited (Page et al, 2016;Page & Pina, 2015). That being said, moral disengagement offers a promising framework to promote a better understanding of the cognitive processes that facilitate the perpetration and perpetuation of sexual violence (Page & Pina, 2015).…”

Section: Theoretical Understanding Of Ibsamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The empirical or theoretical application of moral disengagement on explaining sexual violence may be limited (Page et al, 2016;Page & Pina, 2015). That being said, moral disengagement offers a promising framework to promote a better understanding of the cognitive processes that facilitate the perpetration and perpetuation of sexual violence (Page & Pina, 2015).…”

Section: Theoretical Understanding Of Ibsamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Moral disengagement as a self-regulatory process in sexual harassment perpetration at work: A preliminary conceptualization

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