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Hostile masculinity, sexual aggresion, and gender‐biased domineeringness in conversations
Author(s) -
Malamuth Neil M.,
Thornhill Nancy Wilmsen
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
aggressive behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.223
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 1098-2337
pISSN - 0096-140X
DOI - 10.1002/1098-2337(1994)20:3<185::aid-ab2480200305>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - masculinity , psychology , personality , poison control , sexual behavior , human factors and ergonomics , injury prevention , suicide prevention , social psychology , developmental psychology , psychoanalysis , medicine , medical emergency
This study assessed the ability of certain variables to predict which men would be more domineering in conversations with a woman and/or with a man. The variables included men's self‐reported sexually aggressive behavior and several components comprising a personality profile labeled “Hostile Masculinity.” As expected, these variables successfully predicted domineering behavior toward the female but not toward the male. These findings supported theories hypothesizing that men's desire to control women and men's antisocial behavior toward them are due to specific rather than to general factors (i. e., evolutionary and feminist theorizing). © 1994 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.