An embodied perspective as a victim of sexual harassment in virtual reality reduces action conformity in a later Milgram obedience scenario

Group pressure can often result in people carrying out harmful actions towards others that they would not normally carry out by themselves. However, few studies have manipulated factors that might overcome this. Here male participants (n=60) were in a virtual reality (VR) scenario of sexual harassme...

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Autores: Neyret, Solène, Navarro Muncunill, Xavier, Beacco Porres, Alejandro|||0000-0001-8192-1431, Oliva Martínez, Ramon, Bourdin, Pierre, Valenzuela Ruiz, Jose, Barberia, Itxaso, Slater, Mel
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Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
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Sexual harassment
Realitat virtual
Assetjament sexual
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Intel·ligència artificial
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Aspectes socials
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spelling An embodied perspective as a victim of sexual harassment in virtual reality reduces action conformity in a later Milgram obedience scenarioNeyret, SolèneNavarro Muncunill, XavierBeacco Porres, Alejandro|||0000-0001-8192-1431Oliva Martínez, RamonBourdin, PierreValenzuela Ruiz, JoseBarberia, ItxasoSlater, MelVirtual realitySexual harassmentRealitat virtualAssetjament sexualÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Intel·ligència artificialÀrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Aspectes socialsGroup pressure can often result in people carrying out harmful actions towards others that they would not normally carry out by themselves. However, few studies have manipulated factors that might overcome this. Here male participants (n=60) were in a virtual reality (VR) scenario of sexual harassment (SH) of a lone woman by a group of males in a bar. Participants were either only embodied as one of the males (Group, n=20), or also as the woman (Woman, n=20). A control group (n=20) only experienced the empty bar, not the SH. One week later they were the Teacher in a VR version of Milgram’s Obedience experiment where they were encouraged to give shocks to a female Learner by a group of 3 virtual males. Those who had been in the Woman condition gave about half the number of shocks of those in the Group condition, with the controls between these two. We explain the results through embodiment promoting identification with the woman or the group, and delegitimization of the group for those in the Woman condition. The experiment raised important ethical issues, showing that a VR study with positive ethical intentions can sometimes produce unexpected and non-beneficent results.Tis research was funded by the US Ofce of Naval Research, Award Number N62909-14-1-N119 ‘Exploring Moral Action Using Immersive Virtual Reality’Peer ReviewedNature20202020-04-1020232023-02-09journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2117/382756https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-62932-wreponame:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPCinstname:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Attribution 4.0 Internationalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/3827562026-05-27T15:37:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv An embodied perspective as a victim of sexual harassment in virtual reality reduces action conformity in a later Milgram obedience scenario
title An embodied perspective as a victim of sexual harassment in virtual reality reduces action conformity in a later Milgram obedience scenario
spellingShingle An embodied perspective as a victim of sexual harassment in virtual reality reduces action conformity in a later Milgram obedience scenario
Neyret, Solène
Virtual reality
Sexual harassment
Realitat virtual
Assetjament sexual
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Intel·ligència artificial
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Aspectes socials
title_short An embodied perspective as a victim of sexual harassment in virtual reality reduces action conformity in a later Milgram obedience scenario
title_full An embodied perspective as a victim of sexual harassment in virtual reality reduces action conformity in a later Milgram obedience scenario
title_fullStr An embodied perspective as a victim of sexual harassment in virtual reality reduces action conformity in a later Milgram obedience scenario
title_full_unstemmed An embodied perspective as a victim of sexual harassment in virtual reality reduces action conformity in a later Milgram obedience scenario
title_sort An embodied perspective as a victim of sexual harassment in virtual reality reduces action conformity in a later Milgram obedience scenario
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Neyret, Solène
Navarro Muncunill, Xavier
Beacco Porres, Alejandro|||0000-0001-8192-1431
Oliva Martínez, Ramon
Bourdin, Pierre
Valenzuela Ruiz, Jose
Barberia, Itxaso
Slater, Mel
author Neyret, Solène
author_facet Neyret, Solène
Navarro Muncunill, Xavier
Beacco Porres, Alejandro|||0000-0001-8192-1431
Oliva Martínez, Ramon
Bourdin, Pierre
Valenzuela Ruiz, Jose
Barberia, Itxaso
Slater, Mel
author_role author
author2 Navarro Muncunill, Xavier
Beacco Porres, Alejandro|||0000-0001-8192-1431
Oliva Martínez, Ramon
Bourdin, Pierre
Valenzuela Ruiz, Jose
Barberia, Itxaso
Slater, Mel
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Virtual reality
Sexual harassment
Realitat virtual
Assetjament sexual
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Intel·ligència artificial
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Aspectes socials
topic Virtual reality
Sexual harassment
Realitat virtual
Assetjament sexual
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Intel·ligència artificial
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Informàtica::Aspectes socials
description Group pressure can often result in people carrying out harmful actions towards others that they would not normally carry out by themselves. However, few studies have manipulated factors that might overcome this. Here male participants (n=60) were in a virtual reality (VR) scenario of sexual harassment (SH) of a lone woman by a group of males in a bar. Participants were either only embodied as one of the males (Group, n=20), or also as the woman (Woman, n=20). A control group (n=20) only experienced the empty bar, not the SH. One week later they were the Teacher in a VR version of Milgram’s Obedience experiment where they were encouraged to give shocks to a female Learner by a group of 3 virtual males. Those who had been in the Woman condition gave about half the number of shocks of those in the Group condition, with the controls between these two. We explain the results through embodiment promoting identification with the woman or the group, and delegitimization of the group for those in the Woman condition. The experiment raised important ethical issues, showing that a VR study with positive ethical intentions can sometimes produce unexpected and non-beneficent results.
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