Voy a tocarte toa: preferences for sexist music and sexist attitudes predict unwanted sexual attention harassment (Voy a tocarte toa: las preferencias para la música sexista y las actitudes sexistas predicen atención sexual no deseada)

Abstract

The music genres reggaeton and dembow have attained worldwide popularity. Their song lyrics and music videos often display sexually explicit contents, conveying the sexual objectification and degradation of women. To test possible effects of this content on sexually harassing behaviour, Dominican males were randomly assigned to watch reggaeton music videos (n = 34), dembow music videos (n = 31) or no videos (n = 32). Afterwards, two forms of sexually harassing behaviour towards a (computer-simulated) woman, gender harassment and unwanted sexual attention, were assessed using a computer chat paradigm. Participants' short-term mating orientation, hostile and benevolent sexist attitudes, acceptance of modern myths about sexual aggression (AMMSA), music preferences and previous exposure to sexist music were also assessed. Results did not show any effects of the music video manipulation on harassing behaviour but revealed correlational links among music preferences, short-term mating orientation, AMMSA, sexist attitudes and displays of unwanted sexual attention. Results are discussed in relation to previous research on the effects of music and attitudinal predictors of sexual harassment conducted in Europe and the USA. RESUMENLos estilos musicales reggaetón y dembow han alcanzado popularidad mundial. Las letras y videos de sus canciones suelen tener contenido sexual explícito, y transmiten la objetificación y degradación sexual de las mujeres. Para analizar posibles efectos de estos contenidos en la conducta de acoso sexual, se seleccionó aleatoriamente a un grupo de hombres dominicanos para que observaran videos de música reggaetón (n = 34), música dembow (n = 31), o sin exponerlos a ningún video (n = 32). Posteriormente, se evaluaron dos formas de conductas de acoso sexual hacia una mujer (simulación por ordenador), acoso de género, y atención sexual no deseada, utilizando un paradigma de chat por ordenador. También se evaluaron la orientación socio-sexual de emparejamiento a corto plazo de los participantes, las actitudes sexistas hostiles y benevolentes, la aceptación de mitos modernos sobre ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…Previous scientific literature has analyzed the impacts of listening to some sexist songs and its educational implications. For instance, a link between preference for listening to sexist songs and sexist attitudes was found (Saldarriaga et al, 2023). Other works have highlighted that songs fostering violence are more spread among adolescents in many contexts (Ruiz, 2020) and even very little children are exposed to sexist songs according to research carried out in the field of education (Chao-Fernández et al, 2020) In addition, and related to what the previous chapter has shown about the CDD, highly sexist songs can become a booster of the social status of the singers (Eze, 2020).…”