Mating Motives and Concerns About Being Misidentified as Gay or Lesbian Implications for the Avoidance and Derogation of Sexual Minorities  

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Zielaskowski, Kate ; Buck, David M. ; Plant, E. Ashby

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (http://journals.sagepub.com/home/pspc) vol. 40 no. 5 (May 2014), page 633-645.
Topik: Contagion Concerns; Sexual Prejudice; Mating Motives; Intergroup Relations
Fulltext: Pers Soc Psychol Bull-2014-Plant-633-45.pdf (606.9KB)

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Recent research has demonstrated that concerns about being misidentified as gay or lesbian lead to the avoidance of gay men and lesbians. Because being misidentified as gay/lesbian can result in the loss of heterosexual people’s mating opportunities, we predicted that the activation of mating motives would heighten concerns among some heterosexuals about being misidentified as gay/lesbian. To combat such misidentification, we argued that heterosexuals would express antipathy toward and avoid contact with gay/lesbian people. Consistent with predictions, the activation of mating motives led heterosexuals who were generally concerned about misclassification as gay/lesbian to denigrate (Study 1) and avoid (Study 2) gay/lesbian people. Activating mating motives increased heterosexual participants’ concerns about being misclassified, which in turn heightened interest in avoiding gay/lesbian people (Study 3). These findings indicate that, although the motivation to find a romantic partner can have positive implications, it can contribute to negative responses to gay/lesbian people.

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