Sexual Prejudice Predicts Opposition to Marriage Equality for Men and Women
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3668632 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eden V Clarke (0000-0003-2973-6508, University of Auckland, corresponding author), C G Sibley (0000-0002-4064-8800, University of Auckland), Douglas Osborne (0000-0002-8513-4125, University of Auckland) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 1-23 |
| Publication date | 2025-03-13 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Homosexuality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0091-8369 • E-ISSN: 1540-3602 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00918369.2025.2475032 |
| PMID | 40080727 |
| OpenAlex | W4408397102 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 47 |
Despite the need to identify crucial barriers to equal rights for the LGBTQIA+ community, it remains unclear if prejudiced attitudes-namely, sexual prejudice and ambivalent sexism-precede declines in support for marriage equality or if one's policy position impacts prejudices. We examine these two possibilities by utilizing four annual waves (2014-2017) of longitudinal panel data to assess the temporal ordering of sexual prejudice, ambivalent sexism and support for marriage equality across heterosexual men (n = 9,036) and women (n = 15,185). Results reveal that sexual prejudice predicts within-person declines in support for marriage equality for both women and men. This association is, however, bi-directional for men. We replicate these associations across (a) ethnic majority and minority men and women and (b) non-religious and religious men and women, albeit with a few notable exceptions: Hostile sexism precedes sexual prejudice for ethnic minority men, and benevolent sexism precedes support for marriage equality among ethnic majority group men and non-religious men. Collectively, our results demonstrate that conservative gender ideologies precede hostile attitudes toward the LGB+ community over time
Ambivalence · Ethnic group · Ideology · Lesbian · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Prejudice (legal term · Sexual minority · Sexual orientation · Sociology · African Sexualities and LGBTQ+ Issues · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender Studies · LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Highly cited | No |