Homophobia may stem om a person's own hidn homosexualy, fds new rearch on the lk between anti-gay behavrs and parentg style.
Contents:
- ARE HOMOPHOBIC PEOPLE REALLY GAY AND NOT ACCEPTG IT?
- ARE HOMOPHOB REALLY GAY?
- THE EVERLASTG EFFECTS OF HOMOPHOBIA AND WHY 'S NOT JT GAY PEOPLE THAT SUFFER
- THE ANTI-GAY AGENDA
ARE HOMOPHOBIC PEOPLE REALLY GAY AND NOT ACCEPTG IT?
* homophobes are not 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. Those participants who reported their heterosexualy spe havg hidn same-sex sir were also the most likely to show hostily toward gay dividuals, cludg self-reported anti-gay attus, endorsement of anti-gay polici and discrimatn such as supportg harsher punishments for homosexuals.
ARE HOMOPHOB REALLY GAY?
It is not the gay Black person who be an stment of a whe supremacist attack on Black masculy. It is the Black homophobe. * homophobes are not gay *
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.
THE EVERLASTG EFFECTS OF HOMOPHOBIA AND WHY 'S NOT JT GAY PEOPLE THAT SUFFER
Homophobia is discrimatn, fear, or hatred of gay (and often bisexual) people. It tak many forms, cludg acts of vlence, feelgs of hate, or gtur of fear. Both dividuals or groups n be homophobic and n create hostile... * homophobes are not gay *
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.
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.
THE ANTI-GAY AGENDA
Homophobia, culturally produced fear of or prejudice agast homosexuals that sometim manifts self legal rtrictns or, extreme s, bullyg or even vlence agast homosexuals (sometim lled “gay bashg”). The term homophobia was ed the late 1960s and was ed * homophobes are not gay *
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.