Corrigan, Nelly (2024) Grunting speaks louder than words – Perceptions of Men Grunting in the Gym. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
The gym is a gendered space and grunting could be one mechanism that is helping to sustain this divide. This research examines how grunting by men in the gym is perceived in relation to masculinity, dominance, social attractiveness, and task attractiveness. The hypothesis was that participants in the grunting condition perceived the target to be more masculine, more dominant, higher in social attractiveness, and higher in task attractiveness. We used a UK sample of 327 participants of which 165 were males and 162 were females. The participants were randomly assigned to two conditions: grunting and no grunting. Here they were either subjected to a video of a man in the gym working out and grunting, or just breathing. This was followed by questions assessing the aforementioned variables. The results showed a perceived decrease in the grunting condition for masculinity, social attractiveness, and task attractiveness, and an interaction effect between condition and gender for dominance. Besides the interaction effect for dominance, there was no significant difference between the perception of women and men. The results suggest that grunting is perceived more negatively as it decreases masculinity and social and task attractiveness. Additionally, we concluded there seems to be a discrepancy of how men think they are perceived grunting to how they are actually perceived. It was concluded that grunting should not be tolerated in gyms as it is perceived negatively and takes up space, and genders the gym. Keywords: Grunting, Gym, Men, perception, Masculinity, Dominance, Social attractiveness, task attractiveness
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Koc, Y. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Jul 2024 06:50 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Jul 2024 06:50 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3826 |
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