Disgust sensitivity relates to attitudes toward gay men and lesbian women across 31 nations

Florian van Leeuwen, Yoel Inbar, Michael Bang Petersen, Lene Aarøe and Jane Conway
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Florian van Leeuwen: Tilburg University [Tilburg] - Netspar
Yoel Inbar: University of Toronto
Michael Bang Petersen: Aarhus University [Aarhus]
Lene Aarøe: Aarhus University [Aarhus]
Jane Conway: TSE-R - Toulouse School of Economics - UT Capitole - Université Toulouse Capitole - UT - Université de Toulouse - EHESS - École des hautes études en sciences sociales - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement

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Abstract: Previous work has reported a relation between pathogen-avoidance motivations and prejudice toward various social groups, including gay men and lesbian women. It is currently unknown whether this association is present across cultures, or specific to North America. Analyses of survey data from adult heterosexuals (N = 11,200) from 31 countries showed a small relation between pathogen disgust sensitivity (an individual-difference measure of pathogen-avoidance motivations) and measures of antigay attitudes. Analyses also showed that pathogen disgust sensitivity relates not only to antipathy toward gay men and lesbians, but also to negativity toward other groups, in particular those associated with violations of traditional sexual norms (e.g., prostitutes). These results suggest that the association between pathogen-avoidance motivations and antigay attitudes is relatively stable across cultures and is a manifestation of a more general relation between pathogen-avoidance motivations and prejudice towards groups associated with sexual norm violations.

Keywords: Disgust sensitivity; Emotion; Pathogens; Prejudice; Sex (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023-04
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Published in Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 2023, 26 (3), pp.629-651. ⟨10.1177/13684302211067151⟩

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DOI: 10.1177/13684302211067151

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