title: Perceptions of the Jackson-Timberlake Super Bowl incident: role of sexism and erotophobia.
abstract: 201 college women's and 179 men's impressions of the Jackson-Timberlake Super Bowl incident were related to measures of benevolent sexism, hostile sexism, and erotophobia. For both women and men high benevolent sexism was correlated (.17-.24) to perceptions that the incident was degrading and that agents (e.g., MTV, NFL, Hollywood) other than the actors were responsible for the incident, whereas high erotophobia was correlated (.29-.39) to perceptions that the incident was degrading, attributable to others, and personally upsetting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Behavioral Sciences, Millikin University, 1184 West Main Street, Decatur, IL 62522, USA. gforbes@millikin.edu
authors.forename: Gordon B
authors.initials: GB
authors.lastname: Forbes
authors.forename: Rebecca L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Jobe
authors.forename: Kay B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: Raynette M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Richardson
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D004882:Erotica / Q000523:psychology*; D005197:Famous Persons; D005260:Female; D005538:Football; D006791:Hostility; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D011287:Prejudice; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires