Unassuming Motivations: Contextualizing the Narratives of
                    Antigay Assailants

Franklin, Karen

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“…As such, when exposed to gay men, displays of anger and antigay aggression function to alleviate these threats and, most importantly, maintain clear boundaries between male and female gender roles. Other researchers have advanced similar models that identify sexual prejudice as a catalyst for the enforcement of traditional gender role ideology [Franklin, 1998;Kimmel, 1997;Kite and Whitley, 1998]. …”

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“…In the thrill-seeking model [Franklin, 1998], it is posited that perpetrators attack gay men out of boredom and view their acts as funny or amusing. Typically, thrill-seeking behavior involves a desire to have fun, seek excitement, and experience pleasure from engaging in certain risky activities.…”

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“…For example, thrill-seeking assailants justified their acts by saying, ''It wasn't because we had something against gays, but because we could get some money and have some fun'' and ''It was a rush. A serious rush'' [Franklin, 1998;p 14].…”

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“…In the peer dynamics model, Franklin [1998;p 12] posited that antigay aggression serves to ''prove both toughness and heterosexuality to friends.'' As a result, perpetrators may increase male group cohesion, fulfill friends' expectations, and demonstrate conformity to friends' opinions.…”

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“…Accordingly, research in this area must attend to the characteristics of individual perpetrators and/or the environmental factors that facilitate antigay aggression. To this end, contemporary theorists posit that antigay aggression is motivated by the convergence of several different mechanisms [Franklin, 1998]. Specifically, three complimentary theoretical models that explain the motives for antigay aggression have garnered the most attention: sexual prejudice, peer dynamics, and thrill seeking.…”

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The aim of this study was to examine the role of anger in response to gay men within three theoretical models of antigay aggression. Participants were 135 exclusively heterosexual men who completed a structured interview designed to assess sexual prejudice, anger in response to a vignette depicting a nonerotic male-male intimate relationship (i.e. partners saying "I love you", holding hands, kissing), and past perpetration of antigay aggression. Among identified antigay assailants, motivations for one earlier assault (i.e. sexual prejudice, peer dynamics, thrill seeking) were also assessed. Results indicated that anger fully mediated the relationship between sexual prejudice and antigay aggression, partially mediated the effect of peer dynamics on antigay aggression, and did not account for the relationship between thrill seeking and antigay aggression. These findings indicate that anger in response to gay men facilitates antigay aggression among some, but not all, antigay perpetrators.

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