Turns Out People Who Are Homophobic Are More Likely To Be Gay
Contents:
- ARE HOMOPHOBIC PEOPLE REALLY GAY AND NOT ACCEPTG IT?
- ARE HOMOPHOB REALLY GAY?
- STUDY FDS THAT HOMOPHOBIC PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY
ARE HOMOPHOBIC PEOPLE REALLY GAY AND NOT ACCEPTG IT?
A seri of studi recently published the prtig Journal of Personaly and Social Psychology found higher levels of homophobia dividuals wh unacknowledged attractns to the same sex, particularly when they grew up wh thorarian parents who also held homophobic attus. In the Universy of Rochter's prs release, Netta Weste, the study's lead thor, said, "Individuals who intify as straight but psychologil tts show a strong attractn to the same sex may be threatened by gays and lbians bee homosexuals remd them of siar tennci wh themselv. Attus towards gay and lbian people are an important part of current polil issu like the legaly of same-sex marriage and employment nondiscrimatn.
ARE HOMOPHOB REALLY GAY?
Acrdg to the team of rearchers, this study is the first to document the role that both parentg and sexual orientatn play the formatn of anti-gay attus, cludg self-reported homophobic attus, discrimatory bias, implic hostily towards gays, and endorsement of anti-gay polici.
One prr study ed genal measur of sexual attractns and found that homophobic men showed an crease penile erectns to male homosexual male eroti.
STUDY FDS THAT HOMOPHOBIC PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY
They were then shown the words "gay, " "straight, " "homosexual, " and "heterosexual" as well as pictur of straight and gay upl, and the puter tracked precisely their rponse tim.
Fally, the rearcher measured participants' level of homophobia—both overt, as exprsed qutnnair on social policy and beliefs, and implic, as revealed word-pletn tasks. In the experiments, participants who reported themselv to be more heterosexual than their performance on the reactn time task dited were most likely to react wh hostily towards gay people. In other words, if a participant intified as heterosexual, but showed a reactn pattern nsistent wh homosexualy, they were more likely to exprs homophobic attus.
This ngence between implic and explic measur of sexual orientatn predicted a variety of homophobic behavrs, cludg self-reported anti-gay attus, implic hostily towards gays, endorsement of anti-gay polici, and discrimatory bias such as the assignment of harsher punishments for homosexuals.