Research On Heterosexual Male College Students' Attitudes Towards Gender-Typical And Gender-Atypical Features Male

Gender-typicality influences people's classification of strangers' sexual orientation,that is,people tend to classify gender-typical individuals as heterosexual and classify gender-typical individuals as homosexual;They show more negative attitudes and violations about gender-typical individuals classified as homosexual.However,few research studies explore the factors that contribute to this negative attitude.The study found that heterosexual men suffer from anxiety and insecurity when they are exposed to gender threat,and distinguish themselves from homosexuality in ways that exclude and oppose homosexuality to reduce anxiety and maintain their true masculine identity.Defense Reaction Model Theory holds that heterosexual men not only react negatively to homosexual groups when they are exposed to gender threats,but also respond negatively to atypical individuals.Therefore,this study intends to explore the role of gender threats and sexual orientation in heterosexual men's attitudes toward gender-typical features men.The study used 190 heterosexual male college students as subjects,gendertypical and gender-atypical features male faces as experimental materials,and completed through three experiments.Study 1 verifies the attitude of heterosexual boys towards gender-typical and gender-atypical features men;Study 2 analyzes the role of gender threat in the evaluation of heterosexual boys' attitudes towards gender-typical and gender-atypical features men;Study 3 identifies sexual orientation on male faces of different genders.To further explore the role of sexual orientation in heterosexual boys' attitudes towards gender-typical and gender-atypical features men.Key findings are listed as follow:1.Heterosexual male college students have a positive attitude toward gender-typical features male and a negative attitude towards gender-typical features male.2.Heterosexual male college students have a more positive attitude towards gender-atypical features male under gender threat conditions than non-threatening men.They have a positive attitude toward gender-typical features male under the condition of having and without gender threat.3.Heterosexual male college students have a more positive attitude toward identifying male faces than heterosexual markers,regardless of gender-typicality of the target males.The attitude towards the gender-typical male faces after identification of homosexuality orientation is more negative than that before marking,and it is not typical for gender.Male faces have negative attitudes before and after the identification of homosexual orientation.4.Heterosexual male college students have a more negative attitude towards sex atypical men than sex men,regardless of the target men's sexual orientation;Homosexual men have more negative attitudes than heterosexual men,heterosexuality,and heterosexuality.Toward gender-atypical features men,they have a negative attitude.5.Heterosexual male college students have a positive attitude toward gender-typical heterosexual males and a negative attitude toward gender-atypical homosexual men,regardless of gender threat conditions;attitudes toward homosexual men under gender threats are more negative than non-threatening conditions,regardless of the sex of the target male of gender-typicality.Conclusion:1.the gender threat attenuates the heterosexual men's negative attitude toward gender-atypical men and enhances the negative attitude towards homosexual and gender-atypical men;2.The heterosexuality orientation enhances the heterosexual boys' positive attitude of gender-atypical men and the orientation of homosexuality have enhanced the heterosexual men's negative attitude towards gender-typical men.