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Can agentic messages help?: Linguistic strategies to counteract voice‐based sex...
Fasoli, F.; Formanowicz, M.Gay men who believe to sound ‘gay’ expect to be discriminated against because of their voices and gay-sounding men are discriminated against in the hiring process. We examined whether uttering an agency-based message decreased discrimination expectancy and enactment. In Study 1a (N = 256; gay and bisexual men) and Study 1b (N = 216; gay men), speakers uttered agentic (vs. neutral) messages. We assessed their se...
How voice transition and gender identity disclosure shape perceptions of trans ...
Fasoli, F.; Frost, D. M.; Serdet, H.Trans men often face discrimination in the hiring process. However, it remains unclear whether the disclosure of gender identity and perceived masculinity during transition play a role in first impressions and perceived job suitability of trans male applicants. Across two studies (N = 332), we examined how cisgender heterosexual participants perceived a transgender male candidate in terms of his masculinity and...
Taboo language across the globe: A multi-lab study
Sulpizio, S.; Günther, F.; Badan, L.; Basclain, B.; Brysbaert, M.; Chan, Y. L.; Ciaccio, L. A.; Dudschig, C.; Duñabeitia, J. A.; Fasoli, F.; Ferrand, L.The use of taboo words represents one of the most common and arguably universal linguistic behaviors, fulfilling a wide range of psychological and social functions. However, in the scientific literature, taboo language is poorly characterized, and how it is realized in different languages and populations remains largely unexplored. Here we provide a database of taboo words, collected from different linguistic c...
Does body positivity work for men as it does for women? The impact of idealized...
Fasoli, F.; Constantinou, D.Exposure to body-positive imagery plays a positive role in women's body image. However, literature has not examined if this is the case for men too. In this study (N = 207), we examined the impact of idealized body and body-positive imagery on both men's and women's body satisfaction and body image concerns. Participants were asked to report their positive and negative mood, body satisfaction, drive for thinnes...
Voice matters: Social categorization and stereotyping of speakers based on sexu...
Fasoli, F.; Dragojevic, M.; Rakić, T.; Johnson, S.This research examined how listeners categorize and stereotype speakers belonging to intersecting social categories (nationality; sexual orientation) based on voice alone. In Study 1, British heterosexuals categorized the nationality and sexual orientation of British and Italian speakers who self-identified as gay or heterosexual. Participants correctly categorized British speakers as co-nationals and Italian s...
Who has a better auditory gaydar? Sexual orientation categorization by heterose...
Fasoli, F.; Maass, A.; Berghella, L.Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) people are supposed to be better at gaydar than heterosexual. Across two studies we examined auditory gaydar performed by LGB and heterosexual listeners. In Study 1 participants (n = 127) listened to male and female speakers (n = 10) and judged their sexual orientation on a binary choice (gay/lesbian vs. heterosexual). In Study 2, participants (n = 192) judged speakers’ (n = 31) ...
Migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees: Different labels for immigrants influen...
Graf, S.; Rubin, M.; Assilamehou‐Kunz, Y.; Bianchi, M.; Carnaghi, A.; Fasoli, F.; Finell, E.; Sendén, M. G.; Shamloo, S. E.; Tocik, J.; Lacko, D.The world is witnessing the highest level of displacement of people on record. Public discourse often uses labels to describe people on the move such as ‘migrants’, ‘asylum seekers’, or ‘refugees’ interchangeably. A preregistered study in nine countries (Australia, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom; N = 2844) tested experimentally the effect of the...
When is self-labeling seen as reclaiming? The role of user and observer's sexua...
Sturaro, S.; Suitner, C.; Fasoli, F.Reclaiming involves self-labeling with derogatory labels. This behavior can be processed differently depending on contextual factors: Type of label, user, and observer. Sexual minority and heterosexual participants saw a vignette depicting either a gay or a heterosexual man who self-labeled with a derogatory or a category label. Sexual minority participants perceived the act of self-labeling with a derogatory l...
Predicting and changing attitudes toward same-gender parenting: Informational i...
Haji, R.; Fasoli, F.Attitudes toward same-gender parenting are of timely relevance, given increasing recognition of LGBTQ+ rights around the world. Two studies examined the influence of 2 predictors of attitudes toward same-gender parenting. The first was informational influence, which was manipulated via a newspaper-style article dispelling misconceptions about gender identity of children reared by same-gender parents. The second...
When fluency matters: The interplay between categorization fluency and gender a...
Masi, M.; Fasoli, F.Perceiving a male speaker as gender atypical increases the chances of categorizing him as gay. The perception of how fluent the categorization process is can also play a role. Listeners categorized gay and straight speakers’ sexual orientation, reported their perceived categorization fluency, and rated speakers’ gender atypicality. When categorization fluency was high, gay speakers perceived as gender atypical ...