Fragile Heterosexuality: A Cross-cultural Study Between Germany and Italy.
Prior research in the UK and the USA found that heterosexual identity was perceived as more easily compromised than gay identity: a finding dubbed the "Fragile Heterosexuality" effect. However, there is as yet no evidence that this effect occurs outside the USA and UK. With representative samples fr...
| Publicado en: | Sexuality & Culture Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 1044 - 1064 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=163635215&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 163635215 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 10955143 DZ0 jtl: Sexuality & Culture issn: 10955143 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2023 vid: 27 iid: 3 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 163635215 10.1007/s12119-022-10053-z ppf: 1044 ppct: 20 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 1.2MB tig: atl: Fragile Heterosexuality: A Cross-cultural Study Between Germany and Italy. aug: au: Borras Guevara, Martha Lucia West, Keon Brambilla, Marco Bruckmüller, Susanne affil: Goldsmiths University of London, London, UK University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy Friedrich-Alexander-Universität, Erlangen, Germany su: Heterosexuality Cross-cultural studies Gender identity Social dominance Homophobia sug: subj: Heterosexuality Cross-cultural studies Gender identity Social dominance Homophobia keyword: Estimates of gay/lesbian population Heterosexual identity Homosexual identity Perceived fragile sexual orientation Prejudice against gay/lesbian people Social normativity ab: Prior research in the UK and the USA found that heterosexual identity was perceived as more easily compromised than gay identity: a finding dubbed the "Fragile Heterosexuality" effect. However, there is as yet no evidence that this effect occurs outside the USA and UK. With representative samples from Germany (N = 1236) and Italy (N = 1249), we investigated the fragile heterosexuality effect using participants' agreement with gender-neutral statements about the perceived fragility of sexual orientation of others. We found evidence supporting the fragile heterosexuality effect in both countries. We also investigated six possible moderators of the effect. Higher estimates of gay/lesbian population weakened the effect, and higher levels of anti-gay prejudice strengthened the effect. Contact (quantity/quality), right wing authoritarianism, and social dominance orientation did not moderate the effect. These findings contribute to previous literature by highlight that the fragile heterosexuality effect appears across countries of diverse LGBTQ friendliness and languages, and also suggest plausible explanations for the effect. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Sexuality & Culture is a copyright of Springer, 2023. All Rights Reserved. item: Sexuality & Culture holder: Springer Nature dt: @attributes: year: 2023 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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