TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1971//
TI  - Sex differences in bystander reactions to physical assault
JO  - Journal of experimental social psychology
A1  - Borofsky, Gerald L.
A1  - Stollak, Gary E.
A1  - Messé, Lawrence A.
SP  - 313
EP  - 318
VL  - 7
IS  - 3
N2  - In a "psychodrama" situation, a "spontaneous" fight occurred between two male and/or female accomplices. As predicted, significantly more male Ss attempted to interfere with the fight than did female Ss. Contrary to prediction, however, none of six male Ss interferred when a male was "injuring" a female. A number of possible explanations for this latter finding were presented, among them the speculation that males obtained vicarious sexual and/or hostile gratification from seeing a male "hurt" a female.<p /> 
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SN  - 0022-1031
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0022-1031(71)90031-X
ID  - ref1
ER  -