Intergroup bias toward “Group X”: Evidence of prejudice, dehumanization, avoidance, and discrimination against asexuals

By Cara C. MacInnis, Gordon Hodson. 2012

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Dehumanization and infrahumanization. (2014, background): “…2007), people from lower social class backgrounds (Loughnan et al. 2013), medical patients (Lammers & Stapel 2011, Vaes & Muratore 2013), the mentally ill (Martinez et al. 2011), sex offenders (Viki et al. 2012), violent criminals (Bastian et al. 2013a), and asexuals (MacInnis & Hodson 2012).”
The person-based nature of prejudice: Individual difference predictors of intergroup negativity (2015, background): “(p. 68) Such patterns of generalised prejudice have been observed in multiple studies, across multiple types of outgroups, in multiple cultures (e.g., Akrami, Ekehammar, & Bergh, 2011; Altemeyer, 1998; Ekehammar, Akrami, Gylje, & Zakrisson, 2004; MacInnis & Hodson, 2012; McFarland, 2010).”
Direct, extended, and mass-mediated contact with immigrants in Italy: their associations with emotions, prejudice, and humanity perceptions (2017, background): “…can be expressed through the belief that the ingroup experiences more secondary, uniquely human emotions than the outgroup (e.g., Leyens et al. 2001), or through the attribution of more uniquely human traits or characteristics to the ingroup than to the outgroup (e.g., MacInnis & Hodson, 2012).”
It ain’t easy eating greens: Evidence of bias toward vegetarians and vegans from both source and target (2017, methodology): “Asexuals, those who do not experience sexual attraction and do not engage in sexual behavior, are targets of strong bias (Hoffarth, Drolet, Hodson, & Hafer, 2015; MacInnis & Hodson, 2012).”