Heterosexuals' attitudes toward lesbians and gay men: Correlates and gender differences

Herek, Gregory M.

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“…These results are consistent with the literature that points out the greater inflexibility from men with regard to gender norms and those who strays of them (Gato, Barbosa, Leme, & Leme 2010;Herek, 1988Herek, , 1994Kite & Whitley, 1996. Other studies claim that women have lower levels of prejudice than men Gato & Fontaine, 2010;Kite & Whitley, 1996;Kurdek, 1988;Lacerda et al, 2002;Whitley, 2001).…”

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Proximity and Intimacy With Homosexuals: What (Dis)embarrassment?

Cardeira¹,

Mónico²

2017

Revista INFAD de Psicología

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This study aims to analyze the embarrassment degree due to the proximity and intimacy with people with a homosexual orientation. We conducted a study with a non-probabilistic sample, through an online questionnaire involving 695 subjects, 215 males and 477 females, aged 17 to 60 years. We applied the Rejection at Proximity/Intimacy Scale [30], and we also collected information about beliefs in God, religiousness level and a several sociodemographic variables.The results show that the biggest source of embarrassment is due to the possibility of having a homosexual son/daughter. Men have higher levels than women, and age has a little influence on levels of embarrassment with proximity/intimacy with homosexuals. The religion showed to have a significant weight in the embarrassment levels, evidencing Catholics and individuals from minority religions with higher levels, as opposed to atheists.The embarrassment levels showed themselves positively associated to belief in God and the religiousness level in people.Keywords: Homosexuality; Embarrassment, Prejudice; Homossexuals. RESUMOO presente estudo pretende analisar o grau de constrangimento face à proximidade e à intimidade com pessoas com orientação homossexual. We conducted a study with a non-probability sample, through an online questionnaire involving 695 subjects, 215 males and 477 females, aged 17 to 60 years. Aplicámos a Escala de

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Proximity and Intimacy With Homosexuals: What (Dis)embarrassment?

Cardeira¹,

Mónico²

2017

Revista INFAD de Psicología

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“…These studies included a wide range of samples from college students (Herek, 1984(Herek, , 1986Kite, 1994) to national surveys (Herek, 1991;Herek & Glunt, 1993) and the results consistently supported the conclusion that anti-gay attitudes were prevalent in America (Kite & Whitley, 1996). However, these studies also found that anti-gay attitudes were decreasing among younger cohorts (Kite & Whitley, 1996) and women exhibited more positive attitudes toward gays and lesbians than men (Herek, 1988;Kite, 1994, Kite & Whitley, 1996LaMar & Kite, 1998).…”

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Can Being Gay Provide a Boost in the Hiring Process? Maybe If the Boss is Female

2015

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“…In Chile, the internal consistency values are also quite acceptable, with a Cronbach's alpha value for the whole scale of .94, for the Individual Opposition sub-scale the Cronbach's alpha value is .92, and for the Normative Opposition sub-scale the Cronbach's alpha value is .91. (ATLG, Herek, 1984, 1988 The ATLG is an instrument designed to measure subjects' attitudes toward lesbian women and gay men.…”

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Beliefs about Children’s Adjustment in Same-Sex Families: Spanish and Chilean University Students

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Abstract. The main purpose of our study is to compare the beliefs of Spanish and Chilean university students about the effects that same-sex parents might have on their children. A total of 491 participants completed the study (208 Spaniards and 283 Chileans). The results indicate a kind of modern and subtle rejection based on hetero-normativity. Furthermore, the results indicated the effects of sex (men have a greater degree of rejection), traditional and sexist opinions linked to a greater rejection of same-sex parents, and the contact variable which inversely correlates with this rejection. The results show that the etiology of homosexual orientation also correlates with rejection of same-sex parents when it is believed that homosexuality is learned or can be changed.

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Heterosexuals' attitudes toward lesbians and gay men: Correlates and gender differences

Cited by 1,046 publications

References 47 publications

Proximity and Intimacy With Homosexuals: What (Dis)embarrassment?

Proximity and Intimacy With Homosexuals: What (Dis)embarrassment?

Can Being Gay Provide a Boost in the Hiring Process? Maybe If the Boss is Female

Beliefs about Children’s Adjustment in Same-Sex Families: Spanish and Chilean University Students

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