open4openFasoli, Fabio; Maass, Anne; Paladino, Maria Paola; Sulpizio, SimoneFasoli, Fabio; Maass, Anne; Paladino, Maria Paola; Sulpizio, Simon

Fasoli, Fabio

Maass, A

Paladino, MP

Sulpizio, S

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Thegrowing bodyof literatureonthe recognition of sexual orientation from voice (‘‘auditory gaydar’’) is silent on the cognitive and social consequences of having a gay-/lesbianversus heterosexual-sounding voice.We investigated this issue in four studies (overall N=276), conducted in Italian language, in which heterosexual listeners were exposed to single-sentence voice samples of gay/lesbian and heterosexual speakers. In all four studies, listeners were found to make gender-typical inferences about traits and preferences of heterosexual speakers, but gender-atypical inferences about those of gay or lesbian speakers. Behavioral intentionmeasures showed that listeners considered lesbian and gay speakers as less suitable for a leadership position, andmale (but not female) listeners took distance from gay speakers. Together, this research demonstrates that having a gay/ lesbian rather than heterosexual-sounding voice has tangible consequences for stereotyping and discrimination

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Gay- and Lesbian-Sounding Auditory Cues Elicit Stereotyping and Discrimination

Maass, Anne

Paladino, Maria Paola

Sulpizio, Simone

Archivio istituzionale della ricerca - Università di Padova

The growing body of literature on the recognition of sexual orientation from voice (“auditory gaydar”) is silent on the cognitive and social consequences of having a gay-/lesbian- versus heterosexual-sounding voice. We investigated this issue in four studies (overall N = 276), conducted in Italian language, in which heterosexual listeners were exposed to single-sentence voice samples of gay/lesbian and heterosexual speakers. In all four studies, listeners were found to make gender-typical inferences about traits and preferences of heterosexual speakers, but gender-atypical inferences about those of gay or lesbian speakers. Behavioral intention measures showed that listeners considered lesbian and gay speakers as less suitable for a leadership position, and male (but not female) listeners took distance from gay speakers. Together, this research demonstrates that having a gay/lesbian rather than heterosexual-sounding voice has tangible consequences for stereotyping and discrimination.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Fasoli, F.

Maass, A.

Paladino, M. P.

Sulpizio, S.

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Archives of Sexual Behavior

Gay- and lesbian-sounding auditory cues elicit stereotyping and discrimination

Fabio Fasoli

Anne Maass

Maria Paola Paladino

Simone Sulpizio

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Gay- and Lesbian-Sounding Auditory Cues Elicit Stereotyping and Discrimination

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