In this study, we examined the role of dispositional sexism in male service academy cadets' evaluations of military leadership potential for sexually dimorphic male and female faces, with a particular focus on the impact of hostile sexism. Male cadets (N = 224) rated eight pairs of masculinized and feminized faces on 14 characteristics relevant to Army leadership and completed a measure of hostile and benevolent sexism. We tested a 2 (sex of face: male, female) × 2 (gender of face: masculine, feminine) × 2 (type of sexism: hostile, benevolent) × 2 (level of sexism: low, high) mixed model ANOVA with the first two variables as within subjects and the last two variables as between subjects and using composite leadership potential ratings as the dependent variable. Results indicated a significant three-way interaction between sex of face, gender of face, and levels of hostile (but not benevolent) sexism, whereby participants with elevated levels of antipathy towards women reported the least positive perceptions of military leadership potential for women with masculine facial features. These findings underscore the importance of addressing hostile sexism in military training and leadership development programs to promote equality and inclusion.

在这项研究中，我们研究了性格性别歧视在男性服役学院学员对性别二态男性和女性面孔的军事领导潜力评估中的作用，特别关注敌对性别歧视的影响。男学员（N  = 224）根据与陆军领导力相关的 14 项特征对 8 对男性化和女性化的面孔进行了评分，并完成了敌对和仁慈的性别歧视测量。我们测试了 2（面部性别：男性、女性）×2（面部性别：男性、女性）×2（性别歧视类型：敌对、仁慈）×2（性别歧视水平：低、高）混合模型方差分析前两个变量在受试者内部，后两个变量在受试者之间，并使用综合领导潜力评级作为因变量。结果表明，面部性别、面部性别和敌对（但不是仁慈）性别歧视程度之间存在显着的三向相互作用，其中对女性反感程度较高的参与者报告称，对具有男性气质的女性的军事领导潜力的看法最不积极。面部特征。这些发现强调了在军事训练和领导力发展计划中解决敌对性别歧视问题以促进平等和包容的重要性。