Toward a century of language attitudes research: Looking back and moving forward

M Dragojevic, F Fasoli, J Cramer… - Journal of Language …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The study of language attitudes is concerned with the social meanings people assign to
language and its users. With roots in social psychology nearly a century ago, language …

Sexual orientation as gendered to the everyday perceiver

PJ Henry, RL Steiger - Sex Roles, 2022 - Springer
We present an integrated interdisciplinary review of people's tendency to perceive sexual
orientation as a fundamentally gendered phenomenon. We draw from psychology and other …

A leader doesn't sound lesbian!: The impact of sexual orientation vocal cues on heterosexual persons' first impression and hiring decision

F Fasoli, P Hegarty - Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
In three studies (N= 340), we tested whether vocal cues to a person's sexual orientation
prompted sexual orientation discrimination in heterosexual individuals when hiring leaders …

Stigmatization of 'gay‐sounding'voices: The role of heterosexual, lesbian, and gay individuals' essentialist beliefs

F Fasoli, P Hegarty, DM Frost - British Journal of Social …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Voice‐based sexual orientation (SO) judgements can prompt group‐based discrimination.
However, the relationships between stigmatization and essentialist beliefs about vocal cues …

Gender identity is indexed and perceived in speech

M Weirich, AP Simpson - PLoS One, 2018 - journals.plos.org
This study investigates a possible relationship between perceived and self-ascribed gender
identity and the respective acoustic correlates in a group of young heterosexual adult …

Nonverbal Gendered Cues as Accurate Signals of Sexual Orientation

PJ Henry - Sex Roles, 2024 - Springer
This paper integrates evidence across a range of research programs to make the case that
gender nonconformity and sexual orientation are interconnected in a way that reflects a …

Gay voice: Stable marker of sexual orientation or flexible communication device?

M Daniele, F Fasoli, R Antonio, S Sulpizio… - Archives of Sexual …, 2020 - Springer
Listeners rely on vocal features when guessing others' sexual orientation. What is less clear
is whether speakers modulate their voice to emphasize or to conceal their sexual …

Sounding strange (r): Origins, consequences, and boundary conditions of sociophonetic discrimination

M Formanowicz, C Suitner - Journal of Language and Social …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Talking is an immediate and rich form of communication. Through vocal signals we provide
information about ourselves and our social background. In six empirical articles, one review …

Gender (conformity) matters: Cross-dimensional and cross-modal associations in sexual orientation perception

S Kachel, MC Steffens, S Preuß… - Journal of Language …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Although sexual orientation (SO) is perceptually ambiguous, people are able to detect it with
above-chance accuracy from faces and, sometimes, from voices. Despite a multitude of …

Sounds like there was no sexual orientation discrimination? Attributions to discrimination on the basis of auditory gaydar

P Hegarty, F Fasoli - Journal of homosexuality, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Auditory gaydar happens when people's heterosexuality is called into question by their
vocal characteristics. Auditory gaydar has been shown to prompt discrimination against both …