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Study: Modest men seen as less likable
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., (UPI) -- Researchers in New Jersey said their study indicates people find modest men less likable than women displaying the same trait.
The Rutgers University researchers said in the journal Psychology of Men & Masculinity that they showed 200 volunteers videos depicting a male actor and a female actor interviewing for a job with the script calling for them to be humble about their achievements, Britain's the Daily Mail reported Monday.
The volunteers rated the interviewees on factors including modesty and likability and the researchers said the man was overwhelmingly liked less than the woman.
"Modest men were not liked as much as modest women because they were viewed as 'too weak' for a man and because they were viewed as insufficiently confident and ambitious," the researchers wrote.
Professor Laurie Rudman, a member of the research team, said the findings indicate men face "prejudice" when they behave modestly.
She said the findings "also raise the possibility that men may avoid behaving modestly because they risk backlash when they do."
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J., (UPI) -- Researchers in New Jersey said their study indicates people find modest men less likable than women displaying the same trait.
The Rutgers University researchers said in the journal Psychology of Men & Masculinity that they showed 200 volunteers videos depicting a male actor and a female actor interviewing for a job with the script calling for them to be humble about their achievements, Britain's the Daily Mail reported Monday.
The volunteers rated the interviewees on factors including modesty and likability and the researchers said the man was overwhelmingly liked less than the woman.
"Modest men were not liked as much as modest women because they were viewed as 'too weak' for a man and because they were viewed as insufficiently confident and ambitious," the researchers wrote.
Professor Laurie Rudman, a member of the research team, said the findings indicate men face "prejudice" when they behave modestly.
She said the findings "also raise the possibility that men may avoid behaving modestly because they risk backlash when they do."
