The Social Determinants of Polymorphous Prejudice Against Lesbian and Gay Individuals: the Case of Portugal

Abstract

In the present article we analyze the polymorphous prejudice against Lesbians and Gays using a sample of Portuguese heterosexual individuals. We tested the differential importance of demographic, ideological, and psychological-level variables predicting this phenomenon. Results show that male Catholic right-wing respondents with less LG friends are the ones exhibiting higher polymorphous prejudice. Nevertheless, the introduction of psychologicallevel variables in the regression models increased the explained variance of polymorphous prejudice, above and beyond the remaining predictors. Also, different patterns of results are obtained when regression analyses are deployed at the level of the sub-scales of polymorphous prejudice. Results are discussed within the light of contemporary sexual prejudice frameworks, and the utility of results to intervention with discriminated LG individuals is reviewed.

Cohabitation and Romantic Relationship Quality Among Portuguese Lesbian, Gay, and Heterosexual Individuals

“…At an intervention level, our results can be informative to anti-discrimination campaigns, given that recent studies still point to high levels of prejudice (e.g., Lopes et al, 2017) and micro-aggression (Platt & Lenzen, 2013) against LG individuals, as well as minority stress experienced among these individuals (Rostosky & Riggle, 2017). By pointing to the inexistence of general differences in relationship quality outcomes between same-sex and different-sex relationships, our results are helpful to develop new awareness campaigns tailored for the general population, aimed at reducing generalized prejudice and violence, and increasing the well-being of LG individuals.…”

“…LG individuals are perceived to have less intimate and committed relationships (e.g., Cherlin, 2004;Clarke et al, 2010;Lopes et al, 2017;Rothblum, 2009;Scherpe, 2013). Part of this stigmatization may be negatively associated with relationship outcomes, such that individuals in same-sex relationship report fewer barriers preventing relationship ending (Lehmiller & Agnew, 2006).…”

“…Lesbian and gay (LG) individuals are often targets of prejudice (e.g., Lopes, Oliveira, Nogueira, & Grave, 2017), which is associated with poorer mental health outcomes and wellbeing (Kertzner, 2012;Meyer, 2003). Such prejudice has been reflected in several forms of discrimination of LG individuals throughout history (e.g., Cherlin, 2004;Costa & Davies, 2012;Lehmiller & Agnew, 2006;Nadal, Whitman, Davis, Erazo, & Davidoff, 2016;Scherpe, 2013;Schmitt, Lehmiller, & Walsh, 2007;Vaughn, Teeters, Sadler, & Cronan, 2017), including negative appraisals of same-sex relationships.…”

Actitudes hacia la homosexualidad en adolescentes gallegos/as: aportaciones de la Pedagogía Queer

“…Las actitudes significativamente más negativas de los chicos hacia los homosexuales y las lesbianas están en la línea de los estudios sobre esta problemática llevados a cabo con muestras tanto de adolescentes (Carrera et al, 2014;Costa y Davies, 2012;Rodríguez, 2013) como de población adulta (Lopes et al, 2017;Raja y Stokes, 1998) El mayor rechazo de los chicos hacia la transgresión del modelo heteronormativo podría estar influenciado por la mayor rigidez del modelo de socialización masculina (Connell, 2000), ya que, tal y como señalan Epstein et al (2003), la identidad masculina tradicional se construye sobre la misoginia y la homofobia.…”

“…Concretamente, los estudios llevados a cabo con adolescentes y jóvenes españoles y portugueses comprueban que las actitudes hacia el colectivo LGBTIQQ en ambos países son negativas (Carrera, Lameiras, Rodríguez y Vallejo, 2014; Costa y Davies, 2012; Lopes, Oliveira, Nogueira y Grave, 2017; Rodríguez, Lameiras, Carrera y Vallejo, 2013); especialmente en los adolescentes y jóvenes varones (Carrera et al, 2014;Costa y Davies, 2012;Lopes et al, 2017;Rodríguez et al, 2013) católicos, con ideología de derechas y con pocos amigos/as no heterosexuales (Lopes et al, 2017).…”