Jeremiah Garretson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4374965 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jeremiah Garretson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jeremiah |
| FAMILY NAME | Garretson |
| SIGNATURE | GARRETSON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Stony Brook University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7440-7493 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 109 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The Path to Gay Rights
Why Tolerance Triumphed is the first accessible, data-driven account of how the LGBTQ movement achieved its most unexpected victory---the liberalization of mass opinion on gay rights. The current academic understanding of how social movements change mass opinion---through sympathetic media coverage and endorsements from political leaders---cannot provide an adequate explanation for the phenomenal success of the LGBTQ movement at changing the publ…
Science, Sexuality, and Civil Rights
Does learning that homosexuality is innate increase support for gay rights? Because there is a strong correlation between the belief that people are "born gay" and support for gay rights, many assume the former causes the latter. However, correlation does not equal causation. Drawing on data from a US-representative experiment, we examine whether exposure to scientific information on the origins of sexual orientation influences attitudes toward g…
Getting the Message Out
Global attitudes involving homosexuality are changing rapidly. Tolerance toward lesbian and gay relationships has increased in almost every continent. More often than not, younger people have been at the forefront of this change. In this article, we explore explanations for this cross-national phenomenon. Specifically, we test to see whether contextual factors, those that allow lesbian women and gay men to freely express themselves or to gain cul…
Scientific Communication about Biological Influences on Homosexuality and the Politics of Gay Rights
In recent decades, Americans’ thinking regarding the causes of human behavior has changed considerably. In particular, there has been a swing toward attributing a variety of behaviors to biological factors, and perhaps nowhere is this more evident than for sexual orientation. In this paper, we draw on two overtime survey datasets to argue that new scientific evidence on the biological bases of homosexuality in the 1990s rapidly changed commonly h…
Does change in minority and women's representation on television matter
Increases in substantive portrayals of working women, racial groups, and sexual minorities on television are a common explanation for some of the observed increase in social tolerance over the last few decades. In this study, I first document change in these portrayals from 1970 to 2000. After doing so, I determine if higher levels of recurring portrayals are associated with greater levels of social tolerance for those who report watching larger …
Exposure to the Lives of Lesbians and Gays and the Origin of Young People’s Greater Support for Gay Rights
Support for the rights of lesbians and gays has increased swiftly since the early 1990s (Baunach, 2012; Brewer, 2008; Loftus, 2001). For instance, the Gallup poll found in July of 2013 that 52% of individuals in the United States would vote to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide (Gallup, 2013). Younger Americans have been much quicker to embrace gay rights than older Americans. This relative liberalism of young people on homosexuality occurs de…
Changing with the Times
Studies have shown that same-sex marriage (SSM) ballot measures affected voter turnout and primed voters in a manner that aided the Republican Party in 2004. However, if attitude strength plays a role in these spillover effects, then recent increases in the intensity of support for SSM on the left may have eroded—or even reversed—the pro-Republican electoral boost of these measures. Using individual- and county-level data, I demonstrate that more…
Getting the Message Out
Global attitudes involving homosexuality are changing rapidly. Tolerance toward lesbian and gay relationships has increased in almost every continent. More often than not, younger people have been at the forefront of this change. In this article, we explore explanations for this cross-national phenomenon. Specifically, we test to see whether contextual factors, those that allow lesbian women and gay men to freely express themselves or to gain cul…
Exposure to the Lives of Lesbians and Gays and the Origin of Young People’s Greater Support for Gay Rights
Support for the rights of lesbians and gays has increased swiftly since the early 1990s (Baunach, 2012; Brewer, 2008; Loftus, 2001). For instance, the Gallup poll found in July of 2013 that 52% of individuals in the United States would vote to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide (Gallup, 2013). Younger Americans have been much quicker to embrace gay rights than older Americans. This relative liberalism of young people on homosexuality occurs de…
Changing with the Times
Studies have shown that same-sex marriage (SSM) ballot measures affected voter turnout and primed voters in a manner that aided the Republican Party in 2004. However, if attitude strength plays a role in these spillover effects, then recent increases in the intensity of support for SSM on the left may have eroded—or even reversed—the pro-Republican electoral boost of these measures. Using individual- and county-level data, I demonstrate that more…
Does change in minority and women's representation on television matter
Increases in substantive portrayals of working women, racial groups, and sexual minorities on television are a common explanation for some of the observed increase in social tolerance over the last few decades. In this study, I first document change in these portrayals from 1970 to 2000. After doing so, I determine if higher levels of recurring portrayals are associated with greater levels of social tolerance for those who report watching larger …
Science, Sexuality, and Civil Rights
Does learning that homosexuality is innate increase support for gay rights? Because there is a strong correlation between the belief that people are "born gay" and support for gay rights, many assume the former causes the latter. However, correlation does not equal causation. Drawing on data from a US-representative experiment, we examine whether exposure to scientific information on the origins of sexual orientation influences attitudes toward g…
Scientific Communication about Biological Influences on Homosexuality and the Politics of Gay Rights
In recent decades, Americans’ thinking regarding the causes of human behavior has changed considerably. In particular, there has been a swing toward attributing a variety of behaviors to biological factors, and perhaps nowhere is this more evident than for sexual orientation. In this paper, we draw on two overtime survey datasets to argue that new scientific evidence on the biological bases of homosexuality in the 1990s rapidly changed commonly h…
Exposure to the Lives of Lesbians and Gays and the Origin of Young People’s Greater Support for Gay Rights
Support for the rights of lesbians and gays has increased swiftly since the early 1990s (Baunach, 2012; Brewer, 2008; Loftus, 2001). For instance, the Gallup poll found in July of 2013 that 52% of individuals in the United States would vote to legalize same-sex marriage nationwide (Gallup, 2013). Younger Americans have been much quicker to embrace gay rights than older Americans. This relative liberalism of young people on homosexuality occurs de…
Changing with the Times
Studies have shown that same-sex marriage (SSM) ballot measures affected voter turnout and primed voters in a manner that aided the Republican Party in 2004. However, if attitude strength plays a role in these spillover effects, then recent increases in the intensity of support for SSM on the left may have eroded—or even reversed—the pro-Republican electoral boost of these measures. Using individual- and county-level data, I demonstrate that more…
Does change in minority and women's representation on television matter
Increases in substantive portrayals of working women, racial groups, and sexual minorities on television are a common explanation for some of the observed increase in social tolerance over the last few decades. In this study, I first document change in these portrayals from 1970 to 2000. After doing so, I determine if higher levels of recurring portrayals are associated with greater levels of social tolerance for those who report watching larger …
Scientific Communication about Biological Influences on Homosexuality and the Politics of Gay Rights
In recent decades, Americans’ thinking regarding the causes of human behavior has changed considerably. In particular, there has been a swing toward attributing a variety of behaviors to biological factors, and perhaps nowhere is this more evident than for sexual orientation. In this paper, we draw on two overtime survey datasets to argue that new scientific evidence on the biological bases of homosexuality in the 1990s rapidly changed commonly h…
Getting the Message Out
Global attitudes involving homosexuality are changing rapidly. Tolerance toward lesbian and gay relationships has increased in almost every continent. More often than not, younger people have been at the forefront of this change. In this article, we explore explanations for this cross-national phenomenon. Specifically, we test to see whether contextual factors, those that allow lesbian women and gay men to freely express themselves or to gain cul…
Science, Sexuality, and Civil Rights
Does learning that homosexuality is innate increase support for gay rights? Because there is a strong correlation between the belief that people are "born gay" and support for gay rights, many assume the former causes the latter. However, correlation does not equal causation. Drawing on data from a US-representative experiment, we examine whether exposure to scientific information on the origins of sexual orientation influences attitudes toward g…
The Path to Gay Rights
Why Tolerance Triumphed is the first accessible, data-driven account of how the LGBTQ movement achieved its most unexpected victory---the liberalization of mass opinion on gay rights. The current academic understanding of how social movements change mass opinion---through sympathetic media coverage and endorsements from political leaders---cannot provide an adequate explanation for the phenomenal success of the LGBTQ movement at changing the publ…
Political science (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Homosexuality (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (4 works)