Study: Masculinity linked to homophobia

I always thought homophobics were lifelong closet gays. I mean, its been proven genetic and the gene has to pass along somehow. Think about it, the people hating gays and calling it a "choice" are capable of making the choice. I'm attracted to women and know its not a choice because I'd never get my jollies off with a fella. Hmm, I do drive a truck and vote red on occasion. Maybe this post was just a way of dealing with my insecurities.

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While a fairly "obvious" study, it seems like (at least as synopsized) to have been an incomplete study. After all: they didn't really do an adequate control. Yes, they compared to female respondents, but they didn't bother to survey the male respondents both before and after their "masculinity identification". Without that before/after, there's no real way to know whether the "masculinity identification" actually effected how they would have answered or if they answered as they would have, any way.

You need to do a study so that the "common sense" results aren't just speculation. It also helps convince other people when you have, presumably, unbiased people (the researchers) on your side.

Well, I mean, duh, or is it d'oh! Ever since I was a closeted teenager in SF in the early 60s, I've thought -- and experienced then and since I came out in the late 60s -- that truly confident heterosexual men had no problem working or living with a homosexual. I must have read or been told this pretty early in my life, so how much money did Cornell (or the government) spend?

Homophobia is a nonsense word which was coined by an idiot who did 'nt even know what its two part etymological Greek and Latin derivatives are. 'Homo' is related to man ... in Latin i.e Home Sapiens Homo Erectus. 'Phobia' or 'Phobic' are the Greek derivatives meaning fear or fearing. So what are they saying here? That heterosexuals are afraid of Gays???????Which Gays? Who is afraid and why? No they are saying that heterosexuals abominate gays or they dislike them or they hate them. Now if thats true.So what do the gays advocate?Yes, banning hatred; the trouble is they only want to ban hatred against themselves which is to say the least rather unfair.How the heck can you ban hatred anyway???What planet are these people on? If some heterosexuals hate or dislike gays ;which in part i'm sure is true; but only part, then It should be called something like 'MisoHomic' or 'MisoGayic', but if all Greek to you then it should be 'MisoAnthropic.

Not "no duh". The complexities of masculinities are not as apparent as the generalizations most people attribute to them. This is a prime example of how problematic normative Western masculinity is. The popular (normative) view of what it is to be a man in the U.S. is based in opposition of what it is to be feminine. As if women were a bad thing. Of course, what a majority of men base their masculinity against are normative female roles that are found throughout many cultures performed and cherished by both sexes; such as cleaning or childcare. The more stringently these problematic roles are accepted and institutionalized the more problematic society becomes. Humans are not pegs to be fit into a male or female slot. Yes, we have a particular biological reproductive function dependent upon our genitalia but this doesn't prescribe to us a means of acting in the world, more so for those that find themselves outside of even biologically constraints (i.e. hermaphrodites).

This is a real DUH!

well no shit, you don't need a study for that