Are Homophobic People Really Gay and Not Acceptg It? | Psychology Today

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Homophobia may stem om a person's own hidn homosexualy, fds new rearch on the lk between anti-gay behavrs and parentg style.

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ARE HOMOPHOB REALLY GAY?

Cred: Getty ImagHomophob should nsir a ltle self-reflectn, suggts a new study fdg those dividuals who are most hostile toward gays and hold strong anti-gay views may themselv have same-sex sir, albe unrver on.

ARE HOMOPHOBIC PEOPLE REALLY GAY AND NOT ACCEPTG IT?

The rearch, published the April 2012 issue of the Journal of Personaly and Social Psychology, reveals the nuanc of prejudic like homophobia, which n ultimately have dire nsequenc. "Sometim people are threatened by gays and lbians bee they are fearg their own impuls, a sense they 'doth prott too much, '" Ryan told LiveScience.

The rearchers said quicker reactn time for "me" and "gay, " and a slower associatn of "me" wh "straight" would dite said an implic gay orientatn.

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