Homophobia

[dr_mabeuse]

J Abnorm Psychol. 1996 Aug;105(3):440-5.

Is homophobia associated with homosexual arousal?

Adams HE, Wright LW Jr, Lohr BA.

Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens 30602-3013, USA.
Abstract

The authors investigated the role of homosexual arousal in exclusively heterosexual men who admitted negative affect toward homosexual individuals. Participants consisted of a group of homophobic men (n = 35) and a group of nonhomophobic men (n = 29); they were assigned to groups on the basis of their scores on the Index of Homophobia (W. W. Hudson & W. A. Ricketts, 1980). The men were exposed to sexually explicit erotic stimuli consisting of heterosexual, male homosexual, and lesbian videotapes, and changes in penile circumference were monitored. They also completed an Aggression Questionnaire (A. H. Buss & M. Perry, 1992). Both groups exhibited increases in penile circumference to the heterosexual and female homosexual videos. Only the homophobic men showed an increase in penile erection to male homosexual stimuli. The groups did not differ in aggression. Homophobia is apparently associated with homosexual arousal that the homophobic individual is either unaware of or denies.

PMID: 8772014 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

From Pub Med.gov, published by the US Natioan Library of Medicine and the NIH

 

[Toqueme]

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[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Nonsense.

What the brainiacs have done is define a term to match their results; like shooting at the side of a barn, drawing a target around the bullethole and claiming a bullseye! I'm guessing females did the dick measuring.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/phobias.html
Phobia definition.

If youre afraid of bridges I guess you wanna be a bridge.

Maybe what we're after is antipathy for homos.

 

[bronzeage]

Homophobia is not based on repressed homosexual attraction or fear of homosexuals.

It's based on the fear of being attractive to homosexuals. A homophobe believes gay men are looking at his ass because he exudes uncontrollable homosexual pheromones and if he relaxes his guard for a moment, one of them may speak to him. This will lead to certainly lead to getting "gay rubbed off on him". From there it's a short trip to IKEA and Pottery Barn,

 

[slyc_willie]

I'm working on a Halloween story which includes a scene with a homophobic character and which doesn't end well for him (from his point of view). Writing the scene has been no problem, but I've been struggling to describe his feelings afterward. I had originally thought to reveal that he'd once had a homosexual encounter years before which he has tried to forget, but thought that took away from the impact of the scene.

 

[PhaonsBrother]

when i was a teenager i was afraid of gays. i wasn't angry toward them, i just thought they had some mystical property that they could use on me. not necessarily make me gay, something undefinable. now gays are amusing like acrobats and magicians.

I'm familiar with this study though, it's the only one that's ever referenced when people talk about homophobia = gay in denial. the men selected for each group were selected based on this hackneyed 'homophobia scale' some nitwit dreamt up in the 70s.

Calling someone a homophobe pretty much carries the connotation of 'gay in denial' now because of this one incredibly weak study from the 90s. I guess it's a good tool for gay rights people. calling homophobes 'gay' so they don't reveal themselves as homophobes as to not be labeled 'closeted self-hating gay'.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

The proposition implies that phobia is a polarity response to ego-dystonic stimuli particular to homosexual attraction.

The late Milton Erickson, MD treated all kinds of sexual issues, and in many cases overt sexual activity wasnt evidence of sexual orientation at all, it was metaphor for something else.

 

[bronzeage]

The proposition implies that phobia is a polarity response to ego-dystonic stimuli particular to homosexual attraction.

The late Milton Erickson, MD treated all kinds of sexual issues, and in many cases overt sexual activity wasnt evidence of sexual orientation at all, it was metaphor for something else.

What happened to the "walks like a duck, has sex with other ducks" principle of sexual orientation.

If overt sexual activity is not evidence of sexual orientation, do you have to check their ID card, or something?

 

[PhaonsBrother]

The proposition implies that phobia is a polarity response to ego-dystonic stimuli particular to homosexual attraction.

The late Milton Erickson, MD treated all kinds of sexual issues, and in many cases overt sexual activity wasnt evidence of sexual orientation at all, it was metaphor for something else.

Someone who's more responsive to sexual stimuli isn't anything special. That 'homophobia quiz' may have just sorted out who was more sexualized, receptive to all things resembling archetypical sexual turn-ons. Penetrative sex, kissing, grinding, mouth on genitalia etc. The best is the study made sure they only found guys who categorized themselves as exclusively heterosexual. They needed to monitor a group of exclusively gay participants' reaction to the same material to know whether a gay will only be stimulated by gay porn. Bet money a percentage of gays would respond to both 'gay' and 'hetero stimuli' because gay sex is close enough to hetero sex for a lot of people who are uniformly one team players.

 

[LaRocha]

All men by nature and nurture are programmed for homophobia. Fear of what's rarer and different. Overly sexualized beings have higher levels of testosterone and thereby higher levels of aggressive tendency. Makes sense why Verile Straight Peter might love and hate a gay sex scene in 1980, 1990, 2010.

 

[bronzeage]

All men by nature and nurture are programmed to be homophobic.

Even the gay ones?

 

[LaRocha]

Even the gay ones?

Gay men still have varying levels of testosterone. A gay man is always afraid of his gaiety before he accepts his sexual leaning. But the testosterone is always a marker for aggression and increased sexual feeling.

 

[Safe_Bet]

Gay men still have varying levels of testosterone. A gay man is always afraid of his gaiety before he accepts his sexual leaning. But the testosterone is always a marker for aggression and increased sexual feeling.

Bullshit. That is a environmental/learned response to a person's surroundings. Now that being "gay" is much more acceptable than it was, MANY young men and women never even go into the closet or feel fear. It just is what they ARE.

 

[scouries]

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[JAMESBJOHNSON]

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FYI Your stories are better than any others I've read on LIT.

 

[squarejohn]

Homophobia is an invented buzzword that serves the purpose of gay rights propagandists. If you examine the roots of the word "homophobia," it means fear of human beings.

 

[bronzeage]

Gay men still have varying levels of testosterone. A gay man is always afraid of his gaiety before he accepts his sexual leaning. But the testosterone is always a marker for aggression and increased sexual feeling.

What the fuck are you talking about?

 

[Stella_Omega]

Homophobia is an invented buzzword that serves the purpose of gay rights propagandists. If you examine the roots of the word "homophobia," it means fear of human beings.

And has nothing whatsoever to do with LGBT folk being beaten or murdered, (another attempted murder here) driven to suicide, or disowned or driven out of their communities.

 

[bronzeage]

Homophobia is an invented buzzword that serves the purpose of gay rights propagandists. If you examine the roots of the word "homophobia," it means fear of human beings.

If the roots of the word are examined, "homophobia" would be "fear of the same", or fear of a thing similar to oneself.

The root homo- is from the Greek, not Latin, where "homo" means man.

I have seen homophobia, in the common sense of the word, most of my life. It is a professed hostility to homosexuals and a feeling they are a threat.

It pops up in strange places. A few years ago, I was a member a large health club and gym. The main men's locker room contained hot tubs, a steam room and a sauna. It the summer, it was very hot and I moved to a smaller locker room upstairs. Someone asked why I had changed rooms and I said it was uncomfortable downstairs.

He misunderstood my meaning and responded with, "I know what you mean. There's some guys down there, I don't feel safe around."

I knew exactly about whom he talked.

"If you mean Gary and James, they're two of the nicest guys you could ever meet. They never bothered me, but I don't know. You may be more attractive than me."

He shut up and put on his clothes. The next morning he came back and apologized, saying he had not meant to insult my friends. I graciously accepted.

I later learned he was the youth minister of a large Baptist church. It was a mild demonstration of homophobia, but a common one.

 

[squarejohn]

And has nothing whatsoever to do with LGBT folk being beaten or murdered, (another attempted murder here) driven to suicide, or disowned or driven out of their communities.

Everybody knows what the pseudo-word "homophobia" connotes. That is not the same as what it means literally: fear of human beings.

 

[bronzeage]

Everybody knows what the pseudo-word "homophobia" connotes. That is not the same as what it means literally: fear of human beings.

Have you ever drank homogenized milk? It's not made from human beings.

 

[squarejohn]

If the roots of the word are examined, "homophobia" would be "fear of the same", or fear of a thing similar to oneself.

The root homo- is from the Greek, not Latin, where "homo" means man.

I have seen homophobia, in the common sense of the word, most of my life. It is a professed hostility to homosexuals and a feeling they are a threat.

It pops up in strange places. A few years ago, I was a member a large health club and gym. The main men's locker room contained hot tubs, a steam room and a sauna. It the summer, it was very hot and I moved to a smaller locker room upstairs. Someone asked why I had changed rooms and I said it was uncomfortable downstairs.

He misunderstood my meaning and responded with, "I know what you mean. There's some guys down there, I don't feel safe around."

I knew exactly about whom he talked.

"If you mean Gary and James, they're two of the nicest guys you could ever meet. They never bothered me, but I don't know. You may be more attractive than me."

He shut up and put on his clothes. The next morning he came back and apologized, saying he had not meant to insult my friends. I graciously accepted.

I later learned he was the youth minister of a large Baptist church. It was a mild demonstration of homophobia, but a common one.

I don't disagree. I simply have the opinion that "homophobia" is not the correct word.

 

[bronzeage]

I don't disagree. I simply have the opinion that "homophobia" is not the correct word.

Meaning is determined by usage. My naked friend in the locker room clearly expressed fear and felt threatened by two middle aged gay men.

If you want to argue the root meaning of a word, you should use the correct root.

 

[Belegon]

Just so any noobs don't get confused. Scouries has no official standing whatsoever here in the AH or with Lit in general.

That is all.

 

[WRJames]

J Abnorm Psychol. 1996 Aug;105(3):440-5.

Is homophobia associated with homosexual arousal?

Adams HE, Wright LW Jr, Lohr BA.

Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens 30602-3013, USA.
Abstract

The authors investigated the role of homosexual arousal in exclusively heterosexual men who admitted negative affect toward homosexual individuals. Participants consisted of a group of homophobic men (n = 35) and a group of nonhomophobic men (n = 29); they were assigned to groups on the basis of their scores on the Index of Homophobia (W. W. Hudson & W. A. Ricketts, 1980). The men were exposed to sexually explicit erotic stimuli consisting of heterosexual, male homosexual, and lesbian videotapes, and changes in penile circumference were monitored. They also completed an Aggression Questionnaire (A. H. Buss & M. Perry, 1992). Both groups exhibited increases in penile circumference to the heterosexual and female homosexual videos. Only the homophobic men showed an increase in penile erection to male homosexual stimuli. The groups did not differ in aggression. Homophobia is apparently associated with homosexual arousal that the homophobic individual is either unaware of or denies.

PMID: 8772014 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

From Pub Med.gov, published by the US Natioan Library of Medicine and the NIH

I'd be interested in knowing how a questionnaire could measure aggression. Asking people how they are going to react agressively while they are sitting in a room calmly(?) filling in a form seems just about useless.

Almost none of us are able to admit to ourselves how we act under stress, let alone give an honest answer to others.

This study seems to ignore the fact that homophobic teachings are deeply embedded in the Jewish, Moslem and Christian faiths, and in our culture. I remember growing up a geat two liner that summed up the prevalent racism and homophobia:

Eat me

I don't like darl meat.


Given that, it is more remarkable for a straight guy NOT to be homophobic, at least for those of a certain age.