Beliefs About Sexual Orientation and the Adoption of Inclusive Language

Emilio Gutierrez and Marco Torres
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Marco Torres: Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM)

Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, 2025, vol. 8, issue 2, No 5, 179-186

Abstract: Abstract Through an online survey among Mexican college students, we document that heterosexual men’s resistance to adopting inclusive language is correlated with their beliefs about being labeled LGBTQ + when using it. Then, we show that respondents miscalculate the probability of LGBTQ + identification conditional on language use. Finally, we find that informing heterosexual men of the probability of belonging to the LGBTQ + population conditional on using inclusive language computed through the Bayes Rule and from their own estimates of other probabilities leads to an increase in their willingness to adopt it.

Keywords: Language; Stereotypes; Inclusion; J16; C92; D83 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/s41996-025-00167-5

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