Abstract:
To examine the relationships between gender, physical attractiveness, attitudes toward women, and sexual attribution bias. Participants were 240 undergraduate students of both genders. They were randomly assigned into 4 experimental conditions by being shown a photograph of either an attractive or unattractive and of the same sex or the opposite sex person. Then they were requested to read paragraphs describing a successful story of the man or woman in the photograph. Participants were asked to rate the person in the photograph on the attribution of success scale and to complete the Attitudes Toward Women Scale (AWS). The results are as follows: 1. Males attribute mens success to internal causes more than womens (p < .001), and females attribute mens success to internal causes more than womens (p < .05). 2. Unattractive same sex persons receive an internal attribution of success more than attractive same sex persons (p < .001). 3. Attractive opposite sex persons receive an internal attribution of success more than unattractive opposite sex persons (p < .001). 4. High AWS persons attribute mens success to internal causes to the same extent as womens success, but low AWS persons attribute mens success to internal causes more than womens success (p < .05). 5. Attitudes toward women does not correlate with the attribution of womens success to internal causes. 6. Attitudes toward women does not correlate with the attribution of mens success to internal causes. 7. Females score higher than males in attitudes toward women (p < .05).