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Authoritarianism and anti-gay prejudice

Right-wing authoritarianism predicts prejudice equally toward “gay men and lesbians” and “homosexuals”

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Author: Crawford, Jarret T.; Brandt, Mark J.; Inbar, Yoel; Mallinas, Stephanie R. Description: Two recent experiments found evidence for what we term the social category label (SCL) effect-that the relationship between right-wing authoritarianism (RWA) and prejudice against gay men and lesbians can be reduced or even eliminated when the target group is labeled “gay men and lesbians” rather than “homosexuals”. Although this appears a promising approach to reduce self-reported sexual prejudice, with both theoretical implications for the meaning of RWA itself and practical implications for question wording for assessing these…

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The Psychology of Sexual Prejudice

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Author: Herek, Gregory M. Description: Sexual prejudice refers to negative attitudes toward an individual because of her or his sexual orientation. In this article, the term is used to characterize heterosexuals’ negative attitudes toward (a) homosexual behavior, (b) people with a homosexual or bisexual orientation, and (c) communities of gay, lesbian, and bisexual people. Sexual prejudice is a preferable term to homophobia because it conveys no assumptions about the motivations underlying negative attitudes, locates the study of attitudes concerning sexual orientation within the broader context of social psychological research on…

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