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    Default An OverView of Scientific Studies on Hating Gays

    The bulk of studies have sought to uncover the correlates of negative attitudes. Some findings are contradictory, such as the relationship between sex-role conformity (i.e., masculinity, femininity, androgyny) and attitudes. In general, however, some consistent patterns have been observed across different samples. When compared to those with more favorable attitudes toward lesbians and gay men, these studies have found that persons with negative attitudes:

    1. are less likely to have had personal contact with lesbians or gay;

    2. are less likely to report having engaged in homosexual behaviors, or to identify themselves as lesbian or gay;
    3. are more likely to perceive their peers as manifesting negative attitudes, especially if the respondents are males;

    4. are more likely to have resided in areas where negative attitudes are the norm (e.g., the midwestern and southern United States, the Canadian prairies, and in rural areas or small towns), especially during adolescence;

    5. are likely to be older and less well educated;

    6. are more likely to be religious, to attend church frequently, and to subscribe to a conservative religious ideology;

    7. are more likely to express traditional, restrictive attitudes about sex roles;

    8. are less permissive sexually or manifest more guilt or negativity about sexuality, although some researchers have not observed this pattern and others have reported a substantially reduced correlation with the effects of sex-role attitudes partialled out;

    9. are more likely to manifest high levels of authoritarianism and related personality characteristics.

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    Default Re: An OverView of Scientific Studies on Hating Gays

    I would be curious to see results of a study done in the last 5 years and compare them to the results posted here(which appeared in the Journal of Homosexuality, Vol. 10, No. 1/2 [1984]) just to see if society as a whole has become either more tolerant or more closely guarded.

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