In the current research, our objective was to explore how men assess and assign blame to both a man and a woman who are victims of workplace mobbing, depending on whether they identify as feminist or egalitarian. It is well recognized that the label “feminist” carries distinct connotations when applied to individuals of different genders. However, it remains unclear whether these varied connotations are due to the label itself or its underlying meaning. Given that the feminist label has been traditionally stigmatized, we aimed to disentangle the influence of the label from its semantic content. To achieve this, we compared the evaluations and attributions of victim blame directed toward targets labeled as feminist with those labeled with a similar but more neutral term—that is, egalitarian—as well as with unlabeled targets. Considering that much of the previous research in this area has focused on samples predominantly composed of women, we aimed to investigate how men respond to these labels. Through three experiments involving male participants ( N = 628), we presented fictitious scenarios depicting a man or a woman who were victims of workplace mobbing due to their identification as feminist or egalitarian. The key finding of our research is that the feminist label, rather than its semantic content, significantly influences the evaluations and assignment of blame expressed by men who strongly adhere to traditional male role norms. These findings underscore the importance of these labels (feminist and egalitarian) in social judgments, particularly when applied to victims of workplace mobbing.

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男人如何评价和指责聚众闹事的受害者？取决于受害者对女权主义者或平等主义者的认同

在当前的研究中，我们的目标是探索男性如何根据自己是女权主义者还是平等主义者来评估工作场所暴乱受害者，并将责任归咎于他们。众所周知，“女权主义者”这个标签在应用于不同性别的个人时具有不同的含义。然而，目前尚不清楚这些不同的含义是由于标签本身还是其潜在含义造成的。鉴于女权主义标签传统上一直受到污名化，我们的目的是将标签的影响与其语义内容分开。为了实现这一目标，我们将针对被标记为女权主义的目标、被标记为类似但更中性的术语（即平等主义）以及未标记的目标的受害者指责的评估和归因进行了比较。考虑到该领域之前的大部分研究都集中在以女性为主的样本上，我们的目的是调查男性对这些标签的反应。通过涉及男性参与者（N = 628）的三项实验，我们提出了虚构的场景，描述了一名男性或一名女性，由于他们被认为是女权主义者或平等主义者而成为工作场所暴乱的受害者。我们研究的主要发现是，女权主义标签，而不是其语义内容，显着影响了强烈遵守传统男性角色规范的男性所表达的评价和责备分配。这些发现强调了这些标签（女权主义和平等主义）在社会判断中的重要性，特别是当应用于工作场所暴乱的受害者时。