Today in class it was mentioned that according to the textbook, research shows that men tend to be more homophobic than women and our question to this was why? Why are men more homophobic?
My answer/belief to this question is that men want to come across as masculine and they believe that if they approve of homosexuals that they will be seen as feminine or a homosexual themselves. When I was reading the textbook I found it interesting when I came across a research study that was done. They had two group of heterosexual males except one group was homophobic while the other was not. They placed a video of male on male action and recorded the sexual response. The heterosexual males who were not homophobic had no sexual response to the video but the heterosexual males who were homophobic had a small sexual response to the video. So with this said it also makes me wonder if most homophobic males are gay themselves or unsure of their sexual orientation.
homophobic cartoon I found on Google
Females on the other hand are more accepting to homosexuals than males are. I take an evolutionary prospective on this and say it's because women were always seen as the motherly, caring type of people who accept anyone. Most women believe that these values are still within them therefore they are more accepting to the concept of homosexuals. I also believe that women are more accepting of there sexual orientation then men are. Most lesbians are fine when coming out to people whereas gay males tend to have a harder time accepting the fact that they are indeed gay and therefore have trouble coming out to people. I believe society plays a strong role in those actions due to the fact that they tend to accept lesbians better than gay males, why that is? I'm not sure.
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