The Moralization of Women's Bodies

被引：2

作者：

Morgenroth, Thekla ^{[1
]}

Ryan, Michelle K. ^{[2
,3
]}

Arnold, Madisyn F. ^{[1
]}

Faber, Nadira S. ^{[4
,5
]}

机构：

[1] Purdue Univ, Dept Psychol Sci, W Lafayette, IN 47907 USA

[2] Australian Natl Univ, Global Inst Womens Leadership, Canberra, ACT, Australia

[3] Univ Groningen, Fac Econ & Business Org Behav, Groningen, Netherlands

[4] Univ Bremen, Dept Psychol, Bremen, Germany

[5] Univ Oxford, Uehiro Oxford Inst, Oxford, England

来源：

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY | 2025年 / 55卷 / 01期

关键词：

bodily autonomy; morality; moralization; purity; sexism; AMBIVALENT SEXISM; INVENTORY;

D O I：

10.1002/ejsp.3136

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

Women's bodies have long been subject to societal control. We examine a form of gender/sex bias that may be used to justify and maintain such control: the moralization of women's bodies. Across two studies with US samples (total N = 805), we show that people draw more strongly on morality when justifying their views about women's (vs. men's) autonomy over their bodies. Study 1 showed that a wide range of body-related behaviours were seen as more of a moral issue for women than for men-a pattern that was absent for behaviours unrelated to bodily autonomy. Study 2 focused on a context with more opposition to women's bodily autonomy (public toplessness) and showed that people drew more strongly on morality when justifying their opposition to women's, compared to men's, bodily autonomy. Exploratory analyses suggested that sexist beliefs may play an important role in such gendered moralization.

引用

页码：227 / 239

页数：13

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