Denying Psychological Properties of Girls and Prostitutes: The Role of Verbal Insults.

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., nonp...

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Publicado en:	Journal of Language & Social Psychology Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 226 - 241
Autores principales:	Rubini, Monica, Roncarati, Alessandra, Ravenna, Marcella, Albarello, Flavia, Moscatelli, Silvia, Semin, Gün R.
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Sage Publications Inc. Mar2017
Materias:	Psychology of girls Psychology Sex workers Invective Stereotypes Human sexuality
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Sumario:	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.