Why is the History of Heterosexuality Essential? Beliefs About the History of Sexuality and Their Relationship to Sexual Prejudice

Hubbard, Katherine; Hegarty, Peter

doi:10.1080/00918369.2014.865448

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“…Η έρευνα σε σχέση με τη σεξουαλικότητα, ωστόσο, επικεντρώθηκε και στη σχέση ανάμεσα στην ουσιοποίηση και στις στάσεις απέναντι στους ομοφυλόφιλους (βλ. Hubbard & Hegarty, 2014). Σε πρώτο επίπεδο, όπως υπογραμμίστηκε ήδη, η βασική υπόθεση εργασίας, στην οποία έτειναν να στηρίζονται αρχικά οι μελετητές, προσέγγιζε τα ουσιοποιητικά επιχειρήματα για τις μειονοτικές ομάδες ως ένα μέσο προκειμένου να επιτευχθεί η νομιμοποίηση των διακρίσεων εις βάρος τους, επισημαίνοντας δηλαδή τον ρόλο της ουσιοποίησης στην διαιώνιση της υπάρχουσας κοινωνικής δομής και των ιεραρχικών/άνισων σχέσεων μεταξύ των κοινωνικών ομάδων (Rothbart & Taylor, 1992.…”

Section: ουσιοποίηση και στάσεις απέναντι στην ομοφυλοφιλίαunclassified

Ομοφυλοφιλία, Ουσιοποίηση Και Ταυτότητα Στο Λόγο Ομοφυλόφιλων Και Ετεροφυλόφιλων Ανδρών

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2020

Psychology

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Essentialism of social categories and its consequences on intergroup relations constitute one of the most popular research topics in social psychology. Drawing upon the relevant literature, the present study explores essentialist and de-essentialist representations about homosexual men and their identity functions in discourse. Sixteen semi-structured interviews were conducted with eight men who identified themselves as homosexual and eight men who identified themselves as heterosexual. Interviews were analyzed by the use of the principles of discursive psychology and rhetoric. Analysis indicated the coexistence of essentialist and de-essentialist representations of homosexuality in the discourse of both groups as a result of the negotiation and reconceptualization of naturalness, historical stability and normality of social categories. However, similar essentialist representations –suchas the historical stability of homosexuality– perform different intergroup functions, whereas different entitative representations perform common intergroup functions in the discourse of homosexual and heterosexual participants.

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Ομοφυλοφιλία, Ουσιοποίηση Και Ταυτότητα Στο Λόγο Ομοφυλόφιλων Και Ετεροφυλόφιλων Ανδρών

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Φίγγου²

2020

Psychology

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“…Beyond Duncan and Kemmelmeier's () study, minimal research has investigated how lay beliefs about heterosexual relationships might influence attitudes to marriage equality. Hubbard and Hegarty () attribute this to psychology's tendency to take the minority category as ‘the effect to be explained’, thereby implicitly endorsing heterosexuality as the unproblematic norm. This is a missed empirical opportunity, because heterosexuality might actually be more subject to essentialization than homosexuality, as it is typically seen as more universal and immutable (Hegarty & Pratto, , ; Hubbard & Hegarty, ).…”

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“…Hubbard and Hegarty () attribute this to psychology's tendency to take the minority category as ‘the effect to be explained’, thereby implicitly endorsing heterosexuality as the unproblematic norm. This is a missed empirical opportunity, because heterosexuality might actually be more subject to essentialization than homosexuality, as it is typically seen as more universal and immutable (Hegarty & Pratto, , ; Hubbard & Hegarty, ). Cole, Avery, Dodson, and Goodman's () analysis of US newspapers reported that statements regarding the naturalness of marriage occurred in 52% of articles about SSM.…”

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“…Relative to other religions, Catholics are more likely to believe homosexuality is biological, yet still oppose SSM (Lewis, ). Thus, there is nothing ‘essential’ or inevitable about natural claims’ effects on intergroup attitudes (Hubbard & Hegarty, ; Verkuyten, ). The same attribution can assimilate into sociopolitical narratives in divergent ways, with correspondingly different social consequences.…”

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‘Appeals to nature’ in marriage equality debates: A content analysis of newspaper and social media discourse

O’Connor

2017

British J Social Psychol

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In May 2015, Ireland held a referendum to legalize same-sex marriage, which passed with 62% of the vote. This study explores the role played by 'appeals to nature' in the referendum debate. Little research has investigated how biological attributions are spontaneously generated in real-world discourse regarding sexual rights. Through content analysis of newspaper and Twitter discussion of the referendum, this study aims to (1) establish the frequency of appeals to nature and their distribution across the various 'sides' of the debate and (2) analyse the forms these natural claims took and the rhetorical functions they fulfilled. Appeals to nature occurred in a minority of media discussion of the referendum (13.6% of newspaper articles and .3% of tweets). They were more prominent in material produced by anti-marriage equality commentators. Biological attributions predominantly occurred in relation to parenthood, traditional marriage, gender, and homosexuality. The article analyses the rhetorical dynamics of these natural claims and considers the implications for marriage equality research and activism. The analysis suggests appeals to nature allow anti-marriage equality discourse adapt to a cultural context that proscribes outright disapproval of same-sex relationships. However, it also queries whether previous research has overemphasized the significance of biological attributions in discourse about groups' rights.

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“…Nevertheless, prejudice against non-heterosexuals is still deemed acceptable by many individuals in many contexts (Herek, Gillis, and Cogan 2009;Hubbard and Hegarty 2014). In the USA, the continued intensity and prevalence of sexual prejudice was shown in a national survey that found that many heterosexuals believed non-heterosexuals were repulsive and that homosexuality was wrong and abnormal (Herek 2002).…”

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Support for gay men: an Australian study

Copolov

Knowles

2015

Culture, Health & Sexuality

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Recently, research in the U.S.A. has shown that women, and young people in particular, have become increasingly supportive of gay men. The current study used a cross-sectional, correlational design to investigate these same issues in Australia. The sample included 575 heterosexual participants, 184 men and 390 women. Because a literature search failed to identify an Australian measure of support for gay men, a Support for Gay Men Scale was developed by the researchers. Multiple regression analyses were used to investigate whether scores on the Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality and the respondents' sex predicted scores on the Support for Gay Men subscales, and the strength of these relationships. Findings reveal that this relatively young university undergraduate Australian sample indicated they strongly supported gay men.

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Why is the History of Heterosexuality Essential? Beliefs About the History of Sexuality and Their Relationship to Sexual Prejudice

Cited by 17 publications

References 53 publications

Ομοφυλοφιλία, Ουσιοποίηση Και Ταυτότητα Στο Λόγο Ομοφυλόφιλων Και Ετεροφυλόφιλων Ανδρών

Ομοφυλοφιλία, Ουσιοποίηση Και Ταυτότητα Στο Λόγο Ομοφυλόφιλων Και Ετεροφυλόφιλων Ανδρών

‘Appeals to nature’ in marriage equality debates: A content analysis of newspaper and social media discourse

Support for gay men: an Australian study

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