Title |
Sexual Priming, Gender Stereotyping, and Likelihood to Sexually Harass: Examining the Cognitive Effects of Playing a Sexually-Explicit Video Game
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Published in |
Sex Roles, September 2009
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DOI | 10.1007/s11199-009-9695-4 |
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Authors |
Mike Z. Yao, Chad Mahood, Daniel Linz |
Abstract |
The present study examines the short-term cognitive effects of playing a sexually explicit video game with female "objectification" content on male players. Seventy-four male students from a university in California, U.S. participated in a laboratory experiment. They were randomly assigned to play either a sexually-explicit game or one of two control games. Participants' cognitive accessibility to sexual and sexually objectifying thoughts was measured in a lexical decision task. A likelihood-to-sexually-harass scale was also administered. Results show that playing a video game with the theme of female "objectification" may prime thoughts related to sex, encourage men to view women as sex objects, and lead to self-reported tendencies to behave inappropriately towards women in social situations. |
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Canada | 3 | 6% |
France | 2 | 4% |
Pakistan | 1 | 2% |
South Africa | 1 | 2% |
Austria | 1 | 2% |
Korea, Republic of | 1 | 2% |
New Zealand | 1 | 2% |
United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |
Other | 2 | 4% |
Unknown | 32 | 62% |
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Members of the public | 49 | 94% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 4% |
Scientists | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
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Brazil | 2 | <1% |
Germany | 2 | <1% |
Spain | 2 | <1% |
Canada | 1 | <1% |
Australia | 1 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 272 | 93% |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 58 | 20% |
Student > Master | 46 | 16% |
Student > Bachelor | 44 | 15% |
Researcher | 29 | 10% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 15 | 5% |
Other | 52 | 18% |
Unknown | 48 | 16% |
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Psychology | 103 | 35% |
Social Sciences | 61 | 21% |
Arts and Humanities | 16 | 5% |
Computer Science | 15 | 5% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 2% |
Other | 27 | 9% |
Unknown | 64 | 22% |