Racial stereotyping of gay men: Can a minority sexual orientation erase race?

Petsko, Christopher D.; Bodenhausen, Galen V.

doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2019.03.002

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“…In addition, perceivers have been shown to exhibit an automatic preference for the faces of gay Black men over the faces of heterosexual Black men (Remedios, Chasteen, Rule, & Plaks, ). On top of all this, there is some evidence that perceivers regard gay Black men as de‐racialized relative to their presumptively heterosexual counterparts—as seeming altogether “less Black,” and even as more stereotypically White (Petsko & Bodenhausen, ).…”

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Multifarious person perception: How social perceivers manage the complexity of intersectional targets

Petsko

Bodenhausen

2019

Social & Personality Psych

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Multifarious person perception: How social perceivers manage the complexity of intersectional targets

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Bodenhausen

2019

Social & Personality Psych

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“…Participants were next requested to take a moment to consider what personality traits are associated with the risk-taker category and then were directed to select all traits that represent the risk-taker category from 99 traits presented in a randomized order. The personality traits presented were taken from a stereotype checklist commonly used in stereotyping research (Galinsky et al, 2013;Katz & Braly, 1933;Petsko & Bodenhausen, 2019). Consistent with the approach by Petsko and Bodenhausen (2019), after making their initial nominations, participants were subsequently presented with their nominations and were then asked to select the top ten traits that are the best representative of the risk-taker category.…”

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“…To determine the extent to which the traits nominated for each risk-taker category were stereotypically racialized, we calculated Blackness and Whiteness scores for each of the traits using racial stereotypicality ratings provided by independent samples reported in prior research (Petsko & Bodenhausen, 2019 (Petsko & Bodenhausen, 2019), we also calculated how masculine and feminine were the traits selected for each of the risk-taker types.…”

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“…Conversely, White people (particularly White men) have been stereotyped as relatively ambitious, intelligent, and materialistic (Conley et al, 2010;Petsko & Bodenhausen, 2019;Skinner et al, 2020;Zou & Cheryan, 2017).…”

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“…Therefore, negative and masculine stereotypes that surround Black people may partially reflect an underlying association of Black people with reckless risk-taking. Conversely, stereotypes of White men tend to involve ambition and intelligence (e.g., Conley et al, 2010;Petsko & Bodenhausen, 2019;Skinner et al, 2020;Zou & Cheryan, 2017), traits characteristic of responsible risk-taking. Though this literature is suggestive of stereotypic associations of reckless risk-taking with Blackness and masculinity as well as responsible risk-taking with Whiteness and femininity, such associations have not been tested.…”

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Who do people view as the risk-takers of society? Given that risk permeates everyday decision-making, understanding whether people mentally associate risk-taking with social groups is a valuable yet unexplored question. We propose that the concept of risk-taking connotes gendered race associations. With four experiments (N = 1404, mostly White Americans), we test whether gendered race stereotypes are conceptually associated with risk-takers, broadly construed, as well as with reckless versus responsible prototypes of risk-takers. We find that people perceive Black men as more masculine than White men, and therefore, more willing to take risks (Study 1). We further find that people envision reckless risk-takers as more stereotypically Black and masculine (and less White and feminine) than responsible risk-takers in trait attributions (Studies 2-3) and mental images constructed with the reverse correlation task (Study 3). Finally, when provided an opportunity to invest real money that could be tripled or lost, we find that people financially discriminate against reckless risk-takers in favor of responsible risk-takers (Study 4). Findings suggest that gendered race stereotypes and risk-taker prototypes are conceptually intertwined and consequential.

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Exploring Secondary Transfer Generalisation Effects From Black and Gay Contact: The Role of Humanisation

Puffer,

Hodson

2024

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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Intergroup contact is considered one of the most effective ways to reduce prejudice. An extension of contact theory, the secondary transfer effect (STE), stipulates that contact with a primary outgroup can impact attitudes toward a second, uninvolved outgroup. Here, we test the direct and indirect effects of contact with the primary outgroup on attitudes toward the secondary outgroup through outgroup humanisation, assessing White, heterosexual Americans' contact with both Black and gay people (N = 471; 52.7% men; Mage = 44.90, SD = 14.75). Path analyses were conducted on four fully saturated models that included intergroup contact (quantity, quality), humanisation of each group, and intergroup outcomes (attitudes, collective action intentions). Direct generalisation consistently occurred from gay contact (quantity or quality) to Black attitudes or Black collective action. Only one indirect generalisation pathway consistently occurred: a greater quantity of gay contact humanised Black people, which itself was associated with more positive attitudes and stronger collective action intentions toward Black people. However, the converse generalisation was not found: Black contact was rarely associated with direct or indirect intergroup outcomes toward gay people. The present study is the first to find indirect humanisation pathways for the STE, but from gay‐to‐Black contact only. Implications for future research are discussed. Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement.

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Racial stereotyping of gay men: Can a minority sexual orientation erase race?

Cited by 73 publications

References 84 publications

Multifarious person perception: How social perceivers manage the complexity of intersectional targets

Multifarious person perception: How social perceivers manage the complexity of intersectional targets

Reckless Gambles and Responsible Ventures: Racialized Prototypes of Risk-taking

Exploring Secondary Transfer Generalisation Effects From Black and Gay Contact: The Role of Humanisation

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