Babaeng Bakla: Women and Gay Men's Friendships in the Philippines

Torre, Beatriz A.; Manalastas, Eric J.

doi:10.1037/e612952013-001

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“…First, it is important to determine whether the present findings will generalize to other age groups of heterosexual women and to non-college samples. Previous literature indicates that the close friendship between straight women and gay men is not limited to the period of young adulthood (Gaiba, 2008;Muraco, 2012) and is evident in other cultures (e.g., in the Philippines) (Torre & Manalastas, 2013); however, the specific hypothesis that we have proposed needs to be tested outside of the laboratory setting, using more diverse samples. Second, a similar question applies to our Study 1 finding that women's trust in gay men's advice was specific to the domain of mating-an effect that did not generalize to the non-matingrelated domain of career advice.…”

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Why (and When) Straight Women Trust Gay Men: Ulterior Mating Motives and Female Competition

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Lewis

et al. 2015

Arch Sex Behav

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Previous findings indicate that heterosexual women experience a greater sense of comfort and trust in their friendships with gay men than in their friendships with heterosexual individuals. In the present studies, we tested a hypothesis that not only explains why women exhibit increased trust in gay men but also yields novel predictions about when (i.e., in what contexts) this phenomenon is likely to occur. Specifically, we propose that gay men's lack of motives to mate with women or to compete with them for mates enhances women's trust in gay men and openness to befriend them. Study 1 demonstrated that women placed greater trust in a gay man's mating-but not non-mating (e.g., career) advice-than in the same advice given by heterosexual individuals. Study 2 showed that women perceived a gay man to be more sincere in scenarios relevant to sexual and competitive mating deception. In Study 3, exposing women to a visualization of increased mating competition enhanced their trust in gay men; when mating competition was salient, women's trust in mating information from a gay man was amplified. Study 4 showed that women who perceived higher levels of mating competition were more open to befriending gay men. Together, these converging findings support our central hypothesis, which not only provides a distal explanation for the trust that straight women place in gay men, but also provides novel insights into previously unidentified contexts that facilitate the formation and strengthening of this unique bond.

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confidence: 93%