Amnestic Heterosexism and Bystander Responses to Anti-Gay Bullying

Dados Bibliográficos

ID7315394
AutoresJennifer Katz (0000-0002-6740-5040, SUNY Geneseo, autor correspondente), Dillon J Federici (SUNY Geneseo), Dillon Federici (SUNY Geneseo), Tess Ramos-Dries (SUNY Geneseo)
Ano2017
Volume66
Fascículo1
Páginas1-16
Data de publicação2017-10-20
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00918369.2017.1395261
PMID29053409
OpenAlexW2767099417
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas28

Amnestic heterosexism (AH) reflects the belief that, in contemporary society, people who are lesbian, gay, or bisexual (LGB) no longer experience discrimination related to sexual orientation. We investigated potential associations between individuals' AH beliefs and their responses to anti-gay bullying. Heterosexual undergraduates (N = 238) completed a measure of AH before responding to a scenario in which a man accuses another man of being a "fag." As expected, those with greater AH beliefs perceived the situation as less severe/dangerous, felt less personally responsible to intervene, and were more blaming toward the target of bullying. In multivariate analyses, AH was indirectly associated with intent to confront the perpetrator via a path of reduced personal responsibility. Our results indicate that beliefs denying the existence of discrimination based on sexual orientation reduce feelings of personal responsibility to address anti-gay bullying. In turn, low personal responsibility inhibits confrontation of those who perpetrate bullying behaviors

Developmental psychology · Feeling · Heterosexism · Homosexuality · Lesbian · Psychoanalysis · Sexual orientation · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Psychology