Volume : VIII, Issue : IV, April - 2019

Gender differences in attitudes towards homosexuality

R. Indhumathi

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Current literature has examined differences between men and women’s attitudes. One of the most consistent findings is that heterosexual males manifest more anti–gay hostility on average than do heterosexual females. Researchers point to a number of factors that may explain why but the difference is not studied in the Eastern context. The current study looks at the influence of gender and see how it reflects on the various domains of attitudes towards homosexuality, taking into account that the Supreme Court has legalised homosexuality in India and people are under the compulsion to accept them as a social group. The study was done on 60 young adults (21 – 24 years). Measures of attitudes toward homosexuality – Tolerance, Contact, Morality, and Stereotypes were obtained and studied for gender difference. Results showed that there are no significant gender difference in attitudes

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GENDER DIFFERENCES IN ATTITUDES TOWARDS HOMOSEXUALITY, R. Indhumathi INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-4 | April-2019

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