This study examines the negative stereotypes of the category of women and their subcategories through the language of insults. Participants produced a list of epithets induced by the same hypothetical scenario in which the protagonist was presented either as a “prostitute” or as a “girl” (i.e., nonprostitute). Findings showed that the prostitute was addressed with taboo-related insults exaggerating sexual behavior, whereas the girl was mainly given warnings and intellectual insults. The implications of these results are discussed in relation to the underlying processes
Denying Psychological Properties of Girls and Prostitutes: The Role of Verbal Insults / Monica Rubini; Alessandra Roncarati; Marcella Ravenna; Flavia Albarello; Silvia Moscatelli; Gün R. Semin. - In: JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY. - ISSN 0261-927X. - ELETTRONICO. - 36:2(2017), pp. 0261927X16645835.226-0261927X16645835.240. [10.1177/0261927X16645835]
Denying Psychological Properties of Girls and Prostitutes: The Role of Verbal Insults
RUBINI, MONICA;ALBARELLO, FLAVIA;MOSCATELLI, SILVIA;
2017
Abstract
This study examines the negative stereotypes of the category of women and their subcategories through the language of insults. Participants produced a list of epithets induced by the same hypothetical scenario in which the protagonist was presented either as a “prostitute” or as a “girl” (i.e., nonprostitute). Findings showed that the prostitute was addressed with taboo-related insults exaggerating sexual behavior, whereas the girl was mainly given warnings and intellectual insults. The implications of these results are discussed in relation to the underlying processesI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
