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Individual Differences in Males' Reactions to Gay Males and Lesbians 1
Author(s) -
Kite Mary E.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of applied social psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.822
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1559-1816
pISSN - 0021-9029
DOI - 10.1111/j.1559-1816.1992.tb02362.x
Subject(s) - lesbian , sexual orientation , psychology , homosexuality , affect (linguistics) , male homosexuality , social psychology , orientation (vector space) , developmental psychology , men who have sex with men , psychoanalysis , medicine , communication , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , geometry , mathematics , syphilis , family medicine
Males who were tolerant or intolerant of homosexuals participated in an experiment wherein they interacted with a gay male, a lesbian, or a person of unknown sexual orientation. Results showed that although both attitudes toward homosexuality and the partner's sexual orientation affected reactions to that person. there were few effects due to target sex. Although men's reported attitudes toward gay males are more negative than their attitudes toward lesbians. these attitudes d o not necessarily affect reactions to these individuals.