
Sexism and attitudes toward same-sex parenting in a sample of heterosexuals and sexual minorities : the mediation effect of sexual stigma
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- Jessica Pistella, Annalisa Tanzilli, Salvatore Ioverno (UGent) , Vittorio Lingiardi and Roberto Baiocco
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- Abstract
- The present study aimed to: (a) investigate the relationship between attitudes toward same-sex parenting and sexism both in heterosexuals and sexual minorities; (b) verify whether sexism predicted negative attitudes toward same-sex parenting via the mediating role of sexual stigma (sexual prejudice in heterosexual people and internalized sexual stigma [ISS] in lesbians and gay men [LG]). An Italian sample of 477 participants (65.6% heterosexual people and 34.4% LG people) was used to verify three hypotheses: (a) heterosexual men showed higher levels of sexism than heterosexual women and LG people; (b) heterosexual men reported more negative attitudes toward same-sex parenting than those of heterosexual women and LG people; and (c) sexual prejudice in heterosexual people and ISS in LG people mediated the relationship between sexism and attitudes toward same-sex parenting. Overall, men and heterosexual people showed stronger sexist tendencies and more negative attitudes toward same-sex parenting. Moreover, sexism affected attitudes toward same-sex parenting via sexual prejudice in heterosexual people and ISS in LG people. These results suggest that negative attitudes toward same-sex parenting reflect sociocultural inequalities based on the traditional gender belief system and points to the necessity of social policies to reduce prejudice toward sexual minority groups.
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- BENEVOLENT SEXISM, GAY MEN, DIFFERENTIATING HOSTILE, INTERNALIZED, HOMOPHOBIA, NEGATIVE ATTITUDES, COLLEGE-STUDENTS, HEALTH-STATUS, GENDER, ORIENTATION, BELIEFS, Sexism, Same-sex parenting, Internalized sexual stigma, Sexual, prejudice, Minority stress
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8679478
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- Pistella, Jessica, et al. “Sexism and Attitudes toward Same-Sex Parenting in a Sample of Heterosexuals and Sexual Minorities : The Mediation Effect of Sexual Stigma.” SEXUALITY RESEARCH AND SOCIAL POLICY, vol. 15, no. 2, 2018, pp. 139–50, doi:10.1007/s13178-017-0284-y.
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- Pistella, J., Tanzilli, A., Ioverno, S., Lingiardi, V., & Baiocco, R. (2018). Sexism and attitudes toward same-sex parenting in a sample of heterosexuals and sexual minorities : the mediation effect of sexual stigma. SEXUALITY RESEARCH AND SOCIAL POLICY, 15(2), 139–150. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-017-0284-y
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- Pistella, Jessica, Annalisa Tanzilli, Salvatore Ioverno, Vittorio Lingiardi, and Roberto Baiocco. 2018. “Sexism and Attitudes toward Same-Sex Parenting in a Sample of Heterosexuals and Sexual Minorities : The Mediation Effect of Sexual Stigma.” SEXUALITY RESEARCH AND SOCIAL POLICY 15 (2): 139–50. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-017-0284-y.
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- Pistella, Jessica, Annalisa Tanzilli, Salvatore Ioverno, Vittorio Lingiardi, and Roberto Baiocco. 2018. “Sexism and Attitudes toward Same-Sex Parenting in a Sample of Heterosexuals and Sexual Minorities : The Mediation Effect of Sexual Stigma.” SEXUALITY RESEARCH AND SOCIAL POLICY 15 (2): 139–150. doi:10.1007/s13178-017-0284-y.
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- 1.Pistella J, Tanzilli A, Ioverno S, Lingiardi V, Baiocco R. Sexism and attitudes toward same-sex parenting in a sample of heterosexuals and sexual minorities : the mediation effect of sexual stigma. SEXUALITY RESEARCH AND SOCIAL POLICY. 2018;15(2):139–50.
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- [1]J. Pistella, A. Tanzilli, S. Ioverno, V. Lingiardi, and R. Baiocco, “Sexism and attitudes toward same-sex parenting in a sample of heterosexuals and sexual minorities : the mediation effect of sexual stigma,” SEXUALITY RESEARCH AND SOCIAL POLICY, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 139–150, 2018.
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