Bakker, N (2023) Confronting Sexism as a Bystander: Comparing Male and Female Confronters to Unveil Sexism’s Veiled Power Dynamics. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
Assertively responding to sexism through interpersonal confrontation can reduce sexism and its corresponding consequences. This study explored whether different ways of responding to sexism and the fact that the confronter is a male or female would lead to different relational outcomes in status and respect, and therefore in the social standing of the confronter. One hundred and thirty male participants were asked to watch a video in which a man makes a sexist remark among three other friends, and in which either a man or a woman responds to this sexist remark. As part of a 2 x 3 between-subjects design, with feminism as an additional moderator, the responses were divided into direct confrontation, humorous confrontation or to just laugh and go along with the sexist remark. The results showed that women who ignore the remark are not respected more when they do not speak up, than when they do confront. The gender of the confronter was of less importance than anticipated. It is therefore important that not only men, but also women keep confronting sexist remarks to try and reduce sexism and its corresponding consequences. In order to confront sexism more effectively, confronters should prefer using direct or blatant confrontation over using humour as a confrontation.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Koudenburg, N. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 28 Jul 2023 14:09 |
| Last Modified: | 28 Jul 2023 14:09 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2672 |
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