Internalized Heterosexism

By Dawn M. Szymanski, Susan Kashubeck‐West, Jill Meyer. 2008

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Subfields: Gender Studies, Reproductive Medicine, Social Psychology

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“Do You Even Lift, Bro?” Objectification, Minority Stress, and Body Image Concerns for Sexual Minority Men (2017, background): “The measure’s scores correlate strongly with lower collective self-esteem, less disclosure or outness to heterosexual friends, and a greater tendency to attribute personal obstacles to homophobia (Szymanski et al., 2008).”
Racism and Sexism as Correlates of African American Women’s Psychological Distress (2010, background): “Thus, it is important to remember that the internalized oppression seen in some African American women is the result of pervasive external racism and sexism and the locus of analysis should be the broader social, political, and cultural context and the oppressive forces of racism and sexism and not ”
Sexual identity as a universal process (2011, background): “Recognition of same-sex attractions might result in (a) questioning the privileged status of heterosexuality in society, (b) maintaining negative attitudes toward oneself and toward sexual minority individuals ( Szymanski, Kashubeck-West, & Meyer, 2008 ), or (c) exploring one’s own attitudes toward ”
Minority Stress and Psychological Distress Among Asian American Sexual Minority Persons 1Ψ7 (2010, background): “In addition, the medium effect size (r = .34) found in this study is similar to previous research examining the internalized heterosexism–distress link (for a review see Szymanski et al., 2008b).”
Internalized Stigma Within Sexual and Gender Minorities: Change Strategies and Clinical Implications (2015, background): “The feminist perspectives reviewed by Szymanski et al. (2008b) framed internalized heterosexism as a reaction to societal oppression and highlighted the political and social influences in a sexual minority person’s developing internalized heterosexism.”
Same-Sex Intimate Partner Violence: Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Affirmative Outreach and Advocacy (2009, background): “Internalized oppression , specifically the internalization of homophobia (more recently termed internalized heterosexism ), may be indicative of the degree of distress an individual experiences as a result of societal oppression ( Girshick, 2002 ; Szymanski, Kashubeck-West, & Meyer, 2008 ).”
Experiences of Sexual Objectification, Minority Stress, and Disordered Eating Among Sexual Minority Women (2015, background): “Similar to sexual objectification experiences over time, heterosexist experiences may become internalized, leading to negative views of oneself and other sexual minorities (Shidlo, 1994; Szymanski et al., 2008).”