TABLE 1—

Examples of Men’s Objectifying and Egalitarian Statements Friends Use to Describe Women: Wayne, Oakland, and Macomb counties, MI; 2008–2009

Category/Construct	Illustrative Quotes
Objectifying
Degrading	“I would tear that up.”
	“Bro, I hit that last night!”
Sexual focus on appearance	“She’s got a nice rack.”
	“How’s that ass look?”
Sexually stereotypical behaviors	“She’s a gold-digger.”
	“Women are liars.”
Stories of sexual experiences	“She gave good head.”
	“Many times the conversations will be about different things we have done sexually to girls.”
References to women’s alcohol or drug use and sex	“We would talk about girls we wanted to invite to the bar because we knew that there was a chance of something sexual happening after the bar.”
	“She likes to party.”
Swearing	“I'd fuck her.”
	“I bet she has some nice pussy.”
Other negative attitudes about women	“She's really intelligent (saying this as we make motions referring to her chest).”
	“Who has she been with?”
Egalitarian
Woman’s job or career	“She has a good job.”
	“She makes way more money than you.”
Intelligence	“Where she went to college.”
	“She’s really smart.”
Personality	“She is fun to be around or a funny person.”
	“She had good conversation.”
Emotional connection	“It is actually exclusively about emotional, intellectual, or social attraction.”
	“If we are both still happy.”
Nonsexual descriptions of appearance	“She's really pretty.”
	“She is beautiful.”
Other egalitarian attitudes about women	“What kind of relationship she has with her family and friends.”
	“Overall, my friends are very respectful to women and would not use derogatory comments.”

Note. Coders counted the number of objectifying and egalitarian phrases each participant provided. Constructs and definitions were given in a codebook as guidance for each category.