Gender Differences in Responses to Emotional Advertising: A Social Desirability Perspective

Robert J. Fisher and Laurette Dub

Journal of Consumer Research, 2005, vol. 31, issue 4, 850-858

Abstract: Two studies examine gender differences in responses to advertising with emotional content that varies on agency-a fundamental component of the male, but not female, stereotype. As hypothesized, males reported a less pleasant viewing experience and a less favorable attitude toward the advertisement (A_ad) when a low-agency emotion (i.e., stereotype-incongruent) ad was viewed with another male, while their responses were not affected by the presence of another person when they were exposed to a high-agency emotion (i.e., stereotype-congruent) ad. Males' and females' private responses were not significantly different, and females' responses were invariant across social contexts and type of ad. (c) 2005 by JOURNAL OF CONSUMER RESEARCH, Inc..

Date: 2005
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