How Gender Identity and Transgender Status Affect Perceptions of Attractiveness

被引：17
作者：
Mao, Jessica M. [1 ]
Haupert, M. L. [1 ,2 ]
Smith, Eliot R. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Indiana Univ, Dept Psychol & Brain Sci, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
[2] Indiana Univ, Kinsey Inst, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
来源：
SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PERSONALITY SCIENCE | 2019年 / 10卷 / 06期
关键词：
gender; transgender; nonbinary gender; dating; relationships; attraction; sexuality; person perception; hierarchical linear modeling; multilevel modeling; MEASURING SEXUAL ORIENTATION; INDIVIDUALS; VALIDATION; EXPERIENCES; HOMOPHOBIA; ATTITUDES; SAMPLE; GAY; MEN;
D O I：
10.1177/1948550618783716
中图分类号：
B84 [心理学];
学科分类号：
04 ; 0402 ;
摘要：
Can a perceiver's belief about a target's transgender status (distinct from gender nonconforming appearance) affect perceptions of the target's attractiveness? Cisgender, heterosexual men and women (N = 319) received randomly assigned labels (cisgender cross-gender, transgender man, transgender woman, or nonbinary) paired with 48 cross-sex targets represented by photos and rated the attractiveness and related characteristics of those targets. The gender identity labels had a strong, pervasive effect on ratings of attraction. Nonbinary and especially transgender targets were perceived as less attractive than cisgender targets. The effect was particularly strong for male perceivers, and for women with traditional gender attitudes. Sexual and romantic attraction are not driven solely by sexed appearance; information about gender identity and transgender status also influences these assessments. These results have important implications for theoretical models of sexual orientation and for the dating lives of transgender people.
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页码：811 / 822
页数：12
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