Social dominance and sexual orientation

Dickins, Thomas E.; Sergeant, Mark J.T.

doi:10.1556/jep.2008.1003

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“…Alcohol consumption and participation in public leisure spaces have been understood as a symbol of the construction of the hegemonic masculinity (Bird, 1996; Capraro, 2000; Dempster, 2011). Hegemonic masculinity is occasionally associated with committing violent acts and other types of risk behaviors with which manhood or masculinity is put to the test in peer groups (De Visser & Smith, 2007; Dickens & Sergeant, 2008; Peralta et al, 2010; Sergeant et al, 2006). Despite the evident connection between alcohol consumption and the reinforcement of masculinity, there are few studies that have applied a gender perspective or gaze to analyzing this phenomenon, something which is essential if we are to investigate the differential consumption of drugs and associated behavior with accuracy (Courtenay, 2000).…”

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confidence: 99%

Gender-Based Violence and Alcohol Consumption in Youth Leisure Contexts: Challenges for Spanish Social Work

López-Morales

Bernardo

Avilés

2020

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Adolescent leisure contexts in which alcohol are abused have undergone changes in recent decades, with the incorporation of girls/women to more intensive forms of consumption and with new forms of gender-based violence becoming more visible. This article studies the gender differences in the use and enjoyment of time in leisure contexts, the differences in the consumption of alcohol, and the vulnerabilities to which girls/women are subjected to in order to create proposals for Spanish social work intervention. We present empirical data from a qualitative study in which a sample of students from southern Spain have been interviewed in depth with the aim of establishing the connections between alcohol use and abuse and the instances of gender violence that occur in leisure contexts. Our final objective is to reflect upon and make innovative proposals for the role of Spanish professional social workers in prevention and intervention with young alcohol users and in the gender violence that is produced in the spaces of consumption.

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Gender-Based Violence and Alcohol Consumption in Youth Leisure Contexts: Challenges for Spanish Social Work

López-Morales

Bernardo

Avilés

2020

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“…Empathic concern, the ability to sense feelings from (unfortunate) others, which in turn generates sympathy, compassion, and selfless concern for them, is also higher in homosexual than heterosexual men (Davis, 1983;Chee, Mohd Noor & Ahmad, 2013). Social Dominance Orientation (SDO), which measures group-based social inequality and anti-egalitarianism, is lower in homosexual men than heterosexual men (Sidanius, Levin, Liu & Pratto, 2000;Dickins & Sergeant, 2008), and lower even than in heterosexual women (Dickins & Sergeant, 2008).…”

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Evolution of Homosexuality in the Human Males: Improved Mixed-Team Performance Hypothesis

Ginkel¹

2021

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Male homosexual preference (MHP) is present in many human societies, making up a small but significant cohort. Because homosexual mate preferences are associated with lower fecundity, many evolutionary explanations have been advanced to account for the persistence of this trait. After reviewing a number of these hypotheses and finding room for additional explanations, we propose a new hypothesis that depends on the observed greater empathy and reduced hostility of men who express MHP. This gives them a central role in the performance of groups or teams (all male and mixed) where cooperation and intra-team coherence are at a premium. In this view, teams that contain men with MHP will outcompete teams without such men, other variables being similar. The links between personality traits and team performance do not require homosexual activity within the group. The hypothesis is supported by observations of the personality traits associated with MHP, such as increased agreeableness, which is linked to the literature on team cohesion and performance in sports and other kinds of teams and groups. This novel hypothesis could be examined through direct study of team performance. The proposed hypothesis may also have relevance to better performance among the diverse teams whose efficient performance is so important in modern society.

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“…Due to the social function of sexual behavior (e.g., reinforcing social bonds, appeasement, pacification, stress reduction), some degree of same-sex sexual attraction, as a motivator for same-sex sexual behavior, would have been a selective advantage, strengthening within-sex social bonds and reducing intragroup conflict (Barron & Hare, 2020 ). In fact, gay men have been shown to describe themselves as less aggressive than heterosexual men (Dickins & Sergeant, 2008 ; Ellis et al, 1990 ; Gladue & Bailey, 1995 ; Sergeant et al, 2006 ), more empathetic, and more agreeable than heterosexual men (Lippa, 2005 , 2008 ; Salais & Fischer, 1995 ; Sergeant et al, 2006 ). They also show stronger neural activation during empathizing (Perry et al, 2013 ).…”

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Sexual Orientation Affects Neural Responses to Subtle Social Aggression Signals

Lübke¹,

Storch²,

Pause³

2023

Arch Sex Behav

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The current series of studies are the first to examine brain responses to social aggression signals as a function of male and female sexual orientation. For the first set of studies (1a, 1b), axillary sweat had been collected from 17 heterosexual men and 17 heterosexual women aggressively responding to frustrating opponents (aggression condition) and while playing a construction game (control condition). Sweat samples were pooled according to sex and condition, and presented via a constant flow olfactometer to 17 gay and 23 heterosexual men (Study 1a), and 19 lesbian and 25 heterosexual women (Study 1b). Ongoing EEG was recorded from 61 scalp locations, chemosensory event-related potentials (CSERPs; P2, P3-1, P3-2) were analyzed, and neuronal sources calculated (low resolution electromagnetic tomography). Within the second set of studies (2a, 2b), pictures of males’ and females’ weak angry and neutral facial expressions were presented to 21 gay and 23 heterosexual men (Study 2a), and 19 lesbian and 26 heterosexual women (Study 2b), and ERPs (N170, P3) were analyzed. Gay men showed larger P3-1 amplitudes than heterosexual men upon presentation of male aggression sweat, accompanied by activation of the right inferior frontal gyrus (IFG, BA 10). Gay men also displayed longer N170 latencies in response to men’s compared to women’s angry facial expressions, while heterosexual men did not. In women, sexual orientation did not affect the processing of aggression sweat or anger expressions. Gay men showed preferential processing of chemosensory aggression signals (P3-1 amplitudes), indicating fine-tuned socioemotional sensitivity, related to activation of brain areas involved in emotion regulation (IFG). They further process the relative relevance of visual aggression signals (N170 latency). These results were in line with theories proposing a common evolutionary pathway for same-sex attraction and traits easing social integration.

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Social dominance and sexual orientation

Cited by 9 publications

References 35 publications

Gender-Based Violence and Alcohol Consumption in Youth Leisure Contexts: Challenges for Spanish Social Work

Gender-Based Violence and Alcohol Consumption in Youth Leisure Contexts: Challenges for Spanish Social Work

Evolution of Homosexuality in the Human Males: Improved Mixed-Team Performance Hypothesis

Sexual Orientation Affects Neural Responses to Subtle Social Aggression Signals

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