Disgust and the Politics of Sex: Exposure to a Disgusting Odorant Increases Politically Conservative Views on Sex and Decreases Support for Gay Marriage

Adams, Thomas G.; Stewart, Patrick A.; Blanchar, John C.

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0095572

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“…Such transgressions were rather broad and were not exclusively violations of the purity ethic. This view is consistent with a recent study examining the effects of disgust on a range of policy preferences to clarify whether disgust is generally implicated in political conservatism across public policy attitudes or is uniquely related to specific content domains (Adams, Stewart, & Blanchar, ). The findings showed that the exposure to a disgusting odour increased endorsement of socially conservative attitudes related to sexuality.…”

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confidence: 88%

Effects of disgust priming and disgust sensitivity on moral judgement

Olatunji

Puncochar

2015

Int J Psychol

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Although prior research suggests that disgust results in more severe moral judgements, the extent to which awareness of disgust cues influences moral judgements remains unclear. To address this gap in the literature, participants in this study were randomised to subliminal or conscious awareness of disgust and neutral images prior to the description and evaluation of moral transgressions. No differences were found in moral severity ratings for transgressions that were presented after neutral and disgust images in the subliminal condition. However, moral severity ratings for moderate transgressions that were presented after neutral images were significantly higher than morality ratings of transgressions presented after disgust images in the conscious condition. Subsequent analysis also revealed a significant relationship between individual differences in disgust propensity and perceived immorality of moderate transgressions, especially in the conscious condition. The finding of higher moral severity ratings for moderate transgressions presented after neutral images in the conscious condition is inconsistent with research showing that disgust uniquely influences moral judgements. This research highlights the importance of further research examining the role of methodological considerations that may moderate the influence of disgust on moral judgements.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 88%

Effects of disgust priming and disgust sensitivity on moral judgement

Olatunji

Puncochar

2015

Int J Psychol

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“…For example, heightened sensitivity to disgust has been linked to unfavorable attitudes toward homosexuality [59,60] and experimentally inducing disgust leads to prejudice against homosexuals [60,61], particularly for conservatives [62], who are more disgust-sensitive [63]. In an effort to understand their disgust response, people misattribute bodily disgust to moral revulsion.…”

Section: Disgustmentioning

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Moral coherence processes: constructing culpability and consequences

Clark

Chen

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2015

Current Opinion in Psychology

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“…Previous work from our group suggests that the experimental induction of disgust can exert large effects on self-reported religious attitudes. For example, an olfactory disgust induction increased self-reported belief in "biblical truth" to a large degree (η 2 p = 0.10 to 0.18; Adams et al, 2014). The pictorial disgust induction used in the present study was not expected to be as powerful as in-person disgusting odors (see section "Discussion" below).…”

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The Effect of Trait and State Disgust on Fear of God and Sin

2020

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There is a growing literature suggesting disgust plays a major role in religiosity. However, the relationships between specific domains of disgust sensitivity and general religious fundamentalism or religious scrupulosity remains unknown and a lack of experimental data prevents the drawing of causal inferences about the potential effects of disgust on religiosity. Two studies are reported that examined the relationship between specific types of disgust sensitivity (i.e., pathogen, sexual, and moral disgust) and specific religious beliefs (i.e., fear of sin and fear of God). In the first study it was found that sexual disgust and pathogen disgust were significantly correlated with fear of sin and fear of God, respectively. In the second study the experimental induction of disgust led to greater fear of sin but not to the fear of God. These findings suggest that pathogen and sexual disgust sensitivities may serve as effective mechanisms for inflated scrupulosity. Taken together the outcomes from both studies converge on a greater understanding of the 'Human Behavioral Immune System' model that can account for social behavior with the evolution of adaptive benefit and perhaps more importantly highlights the possible drivers of specific religious behavior.

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Disgust and the Politics of Sex: Exposure to a Disgusting Odorant Increases Politically Conservative Views on Sex and Decreases Support for Gay Marriage

Cited by 39 publications

References 29 publications

Effects of disgust priming and disgust sensitivity on moral judgement

Effects of disgust priming and disgust sensitivity on moral judgement

Moral coherence processes: constructing culpability and consequences

The Effect of Trait and State Disgust on Fear of God and Sin

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