Schoor, Lotte van der (2024) Gender differences in hate feelings towards moral transgressors. Bachelor thesis, Psychology.
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Abstract
This study aims to explore general and gender-based differences in hate feelings towards perpetrators of certain moral transgressions, to get a better understanding on the complex subject of hate. Moral foundations orientation, prior victimization, and gender-linked characteristics like empathy led to the hypothesis that, compared to men, women would not only hate the sexual harassment transgressors more, but that they also feel more hate towards moral transgressors in general. A within-subjects design survey was conducted with 220 participants from the United States of America, exposing them to four experimental conditions involving vignettes that describe moral transgressions: sexual harassment, stealing, harming, and injustice. The outcome variable hate was measured using an adapted version of Zeki and Romaya’s (2008) Passionate Hate Scale. Results show that injustice and sexual harassment elicit more hate than stealing and harming, and that there is no significant difference in hate between women and men towards the moral transgressors in general. However, compared to the other transgressions, sexual harassment elicits significantly more hate in women than in men. Prior victimization of sexual harassment being more frequent in women is considered a possible factor to explain this difference. These findings are relevant for future research and might help gain a deeper understanding of hate, which is valuable for tailoring and designing interventions for victim support services and the criminal justice system.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Bachelor) |
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| Supervisor name: | Martinez Moreno, C.A. |
| Degree programme: | Psychology |
| Differentiation route: | None [Bachelor Psychology] |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Jul 2024 10:58 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Jul 2024 10:58 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3984 |
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