Contact With Gay Men and Lesbian Women Moderates the Negative Relationship Between Religiosity           and Endorsement of Same-Sex Unions’ and Families’ Rights

Piumatti, Gîovanni; Salvati, Marco

doi:10.1027/1864-9335/a000416

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“…One possibility, therefore, is that some individuals are attracted to conservative political perspectives primarily because of their personal stance against sexual minorities, whereas expressed beliefs of TMI emphasizing antifemininity may not be as relevant to these individuals. Given the links between religiosity and negative attitudes toward sexual minorities (Piumatti & Salvati, 2020), as well as the confluence of political conservatism and evangelical Christianity (Steensland & Wright, 2014), future researchers should consider extending the present model to include religious variables as potential moderators of the links between negativity toward sexual minorities and political conservatism.…”

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The politics of men’s and women’s traditional masculinity ideology in the United States.

McDermott¹,

Brasil²,

Borgogna³

et al. 2021

Psychology of Men & Masculinities

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Little is known about how men's and women's traditional masculinity ideology (TMI; patriarchal beliefs about the norms for men's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors) relates to political ideology in the United States. The present study used bifactor modeling to examine the relative contributions of seven norms of TMI, as measured by the Male Role Norms Inventory-Short Form (MRNI-SF), as predictors of conservative political ideology (CPI). Structural equation modeling in a sample of 1,136 U.S. participants (78% women) revealed that a general factor representing the shared variance among avoidance of femininity, toughness, restrictive emotionality, and importance of sex norms of TMI was positively associated with CPI. Of the two TMI norms that were relatively independent of the TMI general factor (i.e., self-reliance through mechanical skills and negativity toward sexual minorities), only the negativity toward sexual minorities norm predicted variation in CPI above and beyond the TMI general factor. The model explained 51% of the variation in CPI for men and 33% for women. Measurement and structural invariance analyses revealed that there were no significant differences between men and women in the meaning of TMI or CPI or the strength of the relationships between these variables. Consistent with prior research, men scored significantly higher than women on TMI items. Men and women reported an equal level of CPI. These results suggest that men's and women's CPI may share common variance with two core aspects of TMI: antifemininity and negative attitudes toward sexual minorities. Public Significance StatementPolitical ideology is an important aspect of American life. Several scholars have speculated that conservative political ideology (CPI) may be aligned with traditional masculinity ideology (TMI), but few researchers have tested this assertion. Our results suggest that some men's and women's TMI and CPI may be explained via a confluence of antifemininity and antisexual minority beliefs. Additionally, men and women appear to be more similar than different with respect to the links between TMI and CPI.

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The politics of men’s and women’s traditional masculinity ideology in the United States.

McDermott¹,

Brasil²,

Borgogna³

et al. 2021

Psychology of Men & Masculinities

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“…In relation to criterion validity, previous literature found that several socio‐demographics (i.e. male gender, older people, low education), high religiosity, right‐wing political orientation, populist ideologies, right‐wing authoritarianism (RWA), high levels of social dominance orientation (SDO), dangerous world beliefs (DWBs), and competitive jungle beliefs (CJBs) predicted high levels of conspirative beliefs (Adam‐Troian et al, 2022; Douglas & Sutton, 2023; Pellegrini et al, 2019; Salvati et al, 2022) and sexual prejudice in heterosexual people (Adelman et al, 2021; Lingiardi et al, 2005; Piumatti & Salvati, 2020) and high levels of internalized sexual stigma in LGB people (Lingiardi et al, 2012; Salvati et al, 2019; Salvati & Chiorri, 2023; Salvati, Pistella, & Baiocco, 2018; Salvati, Pistella, Giacomantonio, & Baiocco, 2018). Thus, similarly, we expect that such predictors would associate with high levels in GILC scale, testifying a very good criterion validity.…”

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What is hiding behind the rainbow plot? The gender ideology and LGBTQ+ lobby conspiracies (GILC) scale

Salvati,

Pellegrini,

De Cristofaro

et al. 2023

British J Social Psychol

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Previous literature on conspiracy beliefs has an important gap, as it has almost completely excluded conspiracy beliefs relating to LGBTQ+ people. The purpose of the present research was to develop and validate a specific tool to measure the Gender Ideology and LGBTQ+ Lobby Conspiracies Beliefs: the GILC scale. Two independent data collections (Ntot = 1.908) were run involving both heterosexual and gay, lesbian and bisexual people. We expected a mono‐factorial structure of the tool, with high levels of internal reliability, invariant by respondents' gender, sexual orientation and previous knowledge or hearsay of gender ideology. Furthermore, we expected that GILC scale manages to measure a differentiated construct: (a) compared to other specific and general conspiracy contents; (b) compared to a generic disposition to engage in conspiratorial mentality; (c) compared to existing measures of sexual prejudice, stereotypes and negative attitudes towards sexual minority people. In relation to criterion validity, we expected that several psychosocial and socio‐political ideology variables (i.e. RWA and SDO), would associate with high levels in GILC scale. The results confirmed our expectations, showing that GILC scale is a short tool which include nine items with a mono‐factorial structure and with excellent psychometric properties. Limitations and further research directions are discussed.

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“…More frequent contact with gays and lesbians is associated with greater support of their rights, including same‐sex marriage (Barth, Overby, & Huffmon, 2009; Hoffarth & Hodson, 2016). A more recent study carried out in Italy (Piumatti & Salvati, 2020) confirmed that contacts with LGB+ community positively related to the endorsement of same‐sex unions and families' rights, especially in participants with lower levels of religiosity.…”

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confidence: 83%

Cultivating practices of inclusion towards same‐sex families in Italy: A comparison among educators, social workers, and healthcare professionals

Everri

Mancini

O’Brien

et al. 2021

Community & Applied Soc Psy

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LGB+ parented families in recent years are becoming more visible, but limited information exists about how professionals interact with people in these family forms. This study used the framework of intergroup contact theory to investigate whether contact with lesbians and gay men, same‐sex couples, and same‐sex parents respectively increase inclusive practices towards same‐sex families, and whether this association is mediated by professionals' prejudice and endorsement of same‐sex families' rights. A questionnaire with scales on: (a) intergroup contact, (b) professionals' orientation towards same‐sex families' inclusive practices, (c) professionals' prejudices, and (d) support of same‐sex couples' rights was administered to 460 professionals (9.8% males) working in social (N = 103), education (N = 156), and healthcare (N = 201) services in Italy. Path analysis was used to test the prediction that contact increases professionals' intention to embrace inclusive practices towards same‐sex families through the mediation of both prejudice and support to same‐sex couples' rights to have and raise children. Results showed that contact reduced prejudices towards same‐sex families and increased the endorsement of same‐sex families' rights, which in turn favoured professionals' willingness to modify their practices to include these family forms. Implications for the training and development of inclusive models are discussed. Please refer to the Supplementary Material section to find this article's Community and Social Impact Statement.

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Contact With Gay Men and Lesbian Women Moderates the Negative Relationship Between Religiosity and Endorsement of Same-Sex Unions’ and Families’ Rights

Cited by 9 publications

References 53 publications

The politics of men’s and women’s traditional masculinity ideology in the United States.

The politics of men’s and women’s traditional masculinity ideology in the United States.

What is hiding behind the rainbow plot? The gender ideology and LGBTQ+ lobby conspiracies (GILC) scale

Cultivating practices of inclusion towards same‐sex families in Italy: A comparison among educators, social workers, and healthcare professionals

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