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“Participants who reported more benevolent sexism thought the suspect was more feminine, but this association was only statistically significant when the suspect was White (vs. Black). Perceived femininity, in turn, predicted perceptions the suspect felt more pain and was less blameworthy for the [police brutality] situation."

Race, Ambivalent Sexism, and Perceptions of Situations When Police Shoot Black Women Race, Ambivalent Sexism, and Perceptions of Situations When Police Shoot Black Women For those in the White suspect condition, more bene- volent sexism was associated with more perceived femininity, b 1⁄4 0.21, p 1⁄4 .002, 95% CI [0.08, 0.34]. However, for those in the Black suspect condition, benevolent sexism was not significantly associated with perceived femininity, b 1⁄4 0.01, p 1⁄4 .927, 95% CI [􏰀0.13, 0.14]. For those in the White suspect condition, more bene- volent sexism was associated with more perceived femininity, b 1⁄4 0.21, p 1⁄4 .002, 95% CI [0.08, 0.34]. However, for those in the Black suspect condition, benevolent sexism was not significantly associated with perceived femininity, b 1⁄4 0.01, p 1⁄4 .927, 95% CI [􏰀0.13, 0.14].
Race, Ambivalent Sexism, and Perceptions of Situations When Police Shoot Black Women
Social Psychological and Personality Science
Brown-Iannuzzi, Jazmin / Cooley, Erin / Cipolli, William / Mehta, Sarita
In Press, 2021
10.1177/1948550620987659
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