Homosexuality and Homophobia.
Dec. 7th, 2006 01:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
swestrupIt has often been pointed out that the opposite of love is not hate -- its indifference. People don't hate things that fail to sexually arouse them -- mailboxes, cd cases, armchairs, etc (If any of you take exception to that list I'm not sure I want to hear about it!). Hate would seem to be more appropriate as a reaction to something that DOES sexually arouse you, but that you cannot deal with.
Homophobia has often been described in this manner, but I've never before seen any kind of a study that tried to prove it. Now this study (warning: PDF) has done just that. The study tested men who had scored both high and low on standard questionaires for homophobia, and later testing showed that only the homophobic men showed significant signs of arousal when presented with male homosexual porn.
Homophobia has often been described in this manner, but I've never before seen any kind of a study that tried to prove it. Now this study (warning: PDF) has done just that. The study tested men who had scored both high and low on standard questionaires for homophobia, and later testing showed that only the homophobic men showed significant signs of arousal when presented with male homosexual porn.
