Gender Gaps in Public Opinion about Lesbians and Gay Men

By G. Herek. 2002

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Subfields: Reproductive Medicine, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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Confronting Sexual Stigma and Prejudice: Theory and Practice (2007, background): “My own national surveys have consistently shown that substantial numbers of heterosexuals regard gay men and lesbians as disgusting and consider homosexuality to be wrong and unnatural (e.g., Herek, 1994, 2002a).”
Heterosexuals' attitudes toward bisexual men and women in the United States (2002, methodology): “Sampling and interview procedures are described in greater detail elsewhere (Herek, 2002; Herek, Capitanio, & Widaman, 2002).”
Hate Crimes and Stigma-Related Experiences Among Sexual Minority Adults in the United States (2009, background): “Most such crimes are perpetrated by heterosexually-identified men, who tend to hold more hostile attitudes toward sexual minority males than toward sexual minority females ( Herek, 2002a, 2002b ).”
Attitudes of Italian Heterosexual Older Adults Towards Lesbian and Gay Parenting (2013, background): “Despite previous studies that found that heterosexual men have, in general, more negative attitudes toward same-sex marriage and parenting than heterosexual women (D’Augelli and Rose, 1990; Herek 2002; Herek and Capitanio 1996; Lannutti and Lachlan 2008), the present study did not find gender differ”
There’s More Than Meets the Eye: Facial Appearance and Evaluations of Transsexual People (2010, background): “For example, heterosexual women may want to distance themselves from MTF transsexuals because they perceive them to be incomplete women (Kando 1972), a phenomenon sometimes seen in heterosexual women’s attitudes toward lesbians (Herek 2002; Schope and Eliason 2004).”
Media Exposure and Viewers' Attitudes Toward Homosexuality: Evidence for Mainstreaming or Resonance? (2009, background): “Attitudes towards homosexuality have been shown to vary along different demographic dimensions such as gender or political orientation (eg, Herek, 2002 ; Strand, 1998 ), but little is known about how these attitudes form.”
When Sex Equals AIDS: Symbolic Stigma and Heterosexual Adults' Inaccurate Beliefs about Sexual Transmission of AIDS (2005, positive): “…the analyses because they have been shown in previous research to be associated with AIDS-related attitudes as well as attitudes toward homosexuality (e.g., Herek 1991, 2002a): marital status, type of current residence location (rural, small town, urban, suburban), and geographic area of residence.”
I do, but i can’t: The impact of marriage denial on the mental health and sexual citizenship of lesbians and gay men in the United States (2006, background): “…conservatives in the United States (Marshall, 2004) but also by a large number of people in the general population, as evidenced by declining but still widespread public disapproval of homosexuality as a lifestyle (Herek, 2002) and of extension of marriage equality to lesbian and gay couples.”
When saying and doing diverge: The effects ofstereotype threat on self-reported versus nonverbal anxiety (2004, background): “First, many people incorrectly link homosexuality with pedophilia (Herek, 2002).”
Gender Differences in Attitudes to Vegans/Vegetarians and Their Food Preferences, and Their Implications for Promoting Sustainable Dietary Patterns–A Systematic Review (2020, background): “Studies show not only that gay men are evaluated more negatively than lesbians in general, but that they are evaluated more negatively by male heterosexuals [59].”
It ain’t easy eating greens: Evidence of bias toward vegetarians and vegans from both source and target (2017, background): “This pattern would parallel wellestablished findings that gay men are not only evaluated more negatively than lesbians in general, but that gay men are evaluated more negatively by male (vs. female) heterosexuals (Herek, 2002; Kite & Whitley, 1996).”
Stigma or Sympathy? Attributions of Fault to Hate Crime Victims and Offenders (2006, methodology): “On the basis of previous research using similar versions of the ATGL scale on nationally representative samples (Herek 2000, 2002), this college sample appears to hold warmer attitudes towards lesbians and gay men.13 Insofar as attitudes underlie attributions of fault, these comparisons suggest…”
Gender, Sexual Prejudice and Sport Participation: Implications for Sexual Minorities (2009, background): “Given the results from Study 1, and the literature demonstrating the existence of gender differences in sexual prejudice and subsequent behaviors (Gill et al. 2006; Herek 2002, 2007 ), we expected gender differences in the current study.”
Heterosexuals’ Attitudes Toward Transgender People: Findings from a National Probability Sample of U.S. Adults (2013, background): “samples suggests that heterosexual men generally express more negative attitudes toward homosexuality than do heterosexual women, and this difference is especially pronounced for their attitudes toward gay men (Herek 2002a; Kite and Whitley 1998).”
Beyond “Homophobia”: Thinking about sexual prejudice and stigma in the twenty-first century (2004, background): “different psychological organization from that of their attitudes toward gay men (Herek, 2002; Herek & Capitanio, 1999).”