Homophobic? You might be gay

Contents:

• STUDY FDS THAT HOMOPHOBIC PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY
• ARE HOMOPHOBIC PEOPLE REALLY GAY AND NOT ACCEPTG IT?
• HOMOPHOBIC? YOU MIGHT BE GAY
• HOMOPHOBIC? MAYBE YOU’RE GAY
• STUDY REVEALS HOMOPHOBIC MEN ARE ACTUALLY MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY

STUDY FDS THAT HOMOPHOBIC PEOPLE ARE ACTUALLY MORE LIKELY TO BE 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. The prejudice of homophobia may also stem om thorarian parents, particularly those wh homophobic views as well, the rearchers add.

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.

ARE HOMOPHOBIC PEOPLE REALLY GAY AND NOT ACCEPTG IT?

For the implic measure, stunts had to tegorize words and pictur flashed onto a puter screen to "gay" or "straight" groups. Words clud "gay, " "straight, " "homosexual" and "heterosexual, " while the pictur showed straight and gay upl. 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.

" To gge homophobia a hoehold, stunts rpond to ems such as, "It would be upsettg for my mom to fd out she was alone wh a lbian" or "My dad avoids gay men whenever possible.

HOMOPHOBIC? YOU MIGHT BE GAY

Participants dited their own level of homophobia, both overt and implic; word-pletn tasks, stunts wrote down the first three words that me to md when prompted wh some of the words' letters.

Stunts were primed at some pot wh the word "gay" to see how that impacted the amount of aggrsive words ed.

"In a predomately heterosexual society, 'know thyself' n be a challenge for many gay dividuals, " lead thor Netta Weste, a lecturer at the Universy of Essex the Uned Kgdom, said a statement. 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.

HOMOPHOBIC? MAYBE YOU’RE GAY

The rearch may help to expla the unrpngs of anti-gay bullyg and hate crim, the rearchers note. People nial about their own sexual orientatn, perhaps a nial fostered by thorarian and homophobic parents, may feel a threat om other gay and lbian dividuals. This ner nflict n be seen some high-profile s which anti-gay public figur are ught engagg same-sex acts, the rearchers say.

For stance, evangelil preacher and anti-gay-marriage advote Ted Haggard was ught a gay sex sndal 2006.

And 2010, proment anti-gay activist and -founr of nservative Fay Rearch Council Gee Rekers was reportedly spotted 2010 wh a male rt rented om Acrdg to news reports, the rt nfirmed Rekers is gay. It n sometim have tragic nsequenc, " as was the se the 1998 murr of Matthew Shepard, a gay man. A study has found that people who display homophobic tennci are more likely to be at the Universy of Rochter New York, the Universy of California and the Universy of Essex found that dividuals who intify as straight, often showed a strong attractn to the same sex psychologil Weste, a lecturer at the Universy of Essex and the study's lead thor, said that the dividuals "may be threatened by gays and lbians bee homosexuals remd them of siar tennci wh themselv".

STUDY REVEALS HOMOPHOBIC MEN ARE ACTUALLY MORE LIKELY TO BE GAY

The study analysed four separate experiments nduced the US and Germany, which provid evince that homophobia is fact 'external maniftatn of reprsed sexual sir'.