An article for Swishbaby....Study: Homophobes tend to be closeted gays with strict parents

People who really, really hate gay men and women tend to be people who are attracted to members of the same sex who grew up in strict, authoritarian households where such attractions were forbidden.
That's the upshot of a study released by scientists at the University of Rochester, the University of Essex, England, and the University of California in Santa Barbara.

"Individuals who identify as straight but in psychological tests show a strong attraction to the same sex may be threatened by gays and lesbians because homosexuals remind them of similar tendencies within themselves,” explains Netta Weinstein, the study’s lead author. “In many cases these are people who are at war with themselves and they are turning this internal conflict outward,” says co-author Richard Ryan.

If this study bears out, that would explain the extreme hatred and violence directed at gays by homophobes who are, it would seem, angry at themselves for their own attractions to members of the same sex.
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The article, "Is some homophobia self-phobia?" was published Apr. 6 in the online journal Science Daily.

The study is the first to document the role that both parenting and sexual orientation play in the formation of intense and visceral fear of homosexuals, including self-reported homophobic attitudes, discriminatory bias, implicit hostility towards gays, and endorsement of anti-gay policies. Conducted by a team from the University of Rochester, the University of Essex, England, and the University of California in Santa Barbara, the research will be published the April issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology.

According to the report in Science Daily:

The research also sheds light on high profile cases in which anti-gay public figures are caught engaging in same-sex sexual acts. The authors cite such examples as Ted Haggard, the evangelical preacher who opposed gay marriage but was exposed in a gay sex scandal in 2006, and Glenn Murphy, Jr., former chairman of the Young Republican National Federation and vocal opponent of gay marriage, who was accused of sexually assaulting a 22-year-old man in 2007, as potentially reflecting this dynamic.

This may also go to explain why so many anti-gay, hardcore conservatives such as former Congressman Mark Foley and former Senator Larry Craig found themselves in embarrassingly gay situations with Foley sending sexually suggestive text messages to house pages and Craig's game of "tappy toe" with an undercover cop in a Minneapolis airport bathroom. Conservatives, according to studies, tend to come from authoritarian backgrounds and carry authoritarian mindsets.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.

more proof gays are weirdos

You sound like a guy that might need to read the article.

I am currently only interested in Avengers related content

Swish probably wants a threesome with Jesse and Al since he is so fixated on them.

Cool story bro! You're obviously implying that I'm a homophobe (I'm not), and that I had a had strict parents (I didn't). Like most young and stupid kids, I helped campaign for a liberal Democrat (George McGovern) but, after getting my degree and finding that Jimmy Carter had ruined the economy, I became a fiscal conservative. Do you understand that I don't really give a shit if gays marry? I don't, although I think we should call it a 'civil union' and let them share benefits and whatever. Does that sound like a homophobe to you?

Take a deep breath and go back to square one, because you don't know what you're talking about.

So....have you come out of the closet yet??

You're an asshole. Shut the fuck up and crawl back under your rock.

DUDE, why are you getting so mad? If you aren't Gay, then you should be laughing. I think I may have just scratched the surface. Again, you will be less angry if you are just honest with yourself buddy!

Wait, Swishbaby isn't an openly homosexual man?
I figured his avatar was like when straight guys use pics of a hot chicks tits or ass. Like using something they really are into as their avatar.

Swishbaby must be gay, even his handle his gay.

SWISH...BABY... I mean come on, it doesn't get any gayer.

I too wish he would accept his true nature and come to terms with it. We will all be here for you, Swish there's nothing wrong with being gay, its OK and you can let all that anger go.

He thinks I'm breaking his balls, when all I want to do is be a good e-friend.

"No faggots in Jack City"



The dirty little secret is that homophobia is most prevalent and accepted in our minority communities.

He probably feels like he's cornered.

Remember Swish, A closet full of wire hangers can be the most dangerous place in the world.

OK....what's your point? Do you want everyone to know that some Black people are homophobic too??? I bet you think you aren't a racist either? You. Are. A. Clown.

Everyone is a bigot to some degree; that includes both of us. Point is, we'll never make progress toward equality or acceptance until we're ready to shine a light on all parts of society.

Like crow-barring the fact that Black people can be homophobic too. Way to go Capt Obvious....A Nobel Peace Prize is just around the corner for you!

It's an addendum to the study you posted. We live In a politically correct society where its much easier to scapegoat 'Bubba the NASCAR Dad' as the driving force behind homophobia than it is to risk offending other cultures. It's good to recall Mark Foley and Larry Craig but lets get serious.

SO...in order to be PC, you took a group of people based on their race and said "They are homophobic too."

Again, they are chiseling your name into that Nobel Peace Prize.

I find it hilarious when people THINK they are being enlightening and are unaware how stupid they sound....but please continue to enlighten us. I hear Asian people are NOW good at basketball.

so, guys in tights, gotcha.

hulk doesn't wear tights
it's his pants, they get too small



you sound awful homophobic however
you should read the article aparently

I do get your point, for some reason people have the idea that republican white guys are the only homophobes in America. It's just funny republicans use the bible, and church and state yadda yadda it just looks more official.

GRAY MATTER

Homophobic? Maybe You’re Gay

By RICHARD M. RYAN and WILLIAM S. RYAN

Published: April 27, 2012

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WHY are political and religious figures who campaign against gay rights so often implicated in sexual encounters with same-sex partners?

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Chloé Poizat

In recent years, Ted Haggard, an evangelical leader who preached that homosexuality was a sin, resigned after a scandal involving a former male prostitute; Larry Craig, a United States senator who opposed including sexual orientation in hate-crime legislation, was arrested on suspicion of lewd conduct in a men’s bathroom; and Glenn Murphy Jr., a leader of the Young Republican National Convention and an opponent of same-sex marriage, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge after being accused of sexually assaulting another man.

One theory is that homosexual urges, when repressed out of shame or fear, can be expressed as homophobia. Freud famously called this process a “reaction formation” — the angry battle against the outward symbol of feelings that are inwardly being stifled. Even Mr. Haggard seemed to endorse this idea when, apologizing after his scandal for his anti-gay rhetoric, he said, “I think I was partially so vehement because of my own war.”

It’s a compelling theory — and now there is scientific reason to believe it. In this month’s issue of the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, we and our fellow researchersprovide empirical evidence that homophobia can result, at least in part, from the suppression of same-sex desire.

Our paper describes six studies conducted in the United States and Germany involving 784 university students. Participants rated their sexual orientation on a 10-point scale, ranging from gay to straight. Then they took a computer-administered test designed to measure their implicit sexual orientation. In the test, the participants were shown images and words indicative of hetero- and homosexuality (pictures of same-sex and straight couples, words like “homosexual” and “gay”) and were asked to sort them into the appropriate category, gay or straight, as quickly as possible. The computer measured their reaction times.

The twist was that before each word and image appeared, the word “me” or “other” was flashed on the screen for 35 milliseconds — long enough for participants to subliminally process the word but short enough that they could not consciously see it.

The theory here, known as semantic association, is that when “me” precedes words or images that reflect your sexual orientation (for example, heterosexual images for a straight person), you will sort these images into the correct category faster than when “me” precedes words or images that are incongruent with your sexual orientation (for example, homosexual images for a straight person).

This technique, adapted from similar tests used to assess attitudes like subconscious racial bias, reliably distinguishes between self-identified straight individuals and those who self-identify as lesbian, gay or bisexual.

Using this methodology we identified a subgroup of participants who, despite self-identifying as highly straight, indicated some level of same-sex attraction (that is, they associated “me” with gay-related words and pictures faster than they associated “me” with straight-related words and pictures). Over 20 percent of self-described highly straight individuals showed this discrepancy.

Notably, these “discrepant” individuals were also significantly more likely than other participants to favor anti-gay policies; to be willing to assign significantly harsher punishments to perpetrators of petty crimes if they were presumed to be homosexual; and to express greater implicit hostility toward gay subjects (also measured with the help of subliminal priming). Thus our research suggests that some who oppose homosexuality do tacitly harbor same-sex attraction.

What leads to this repression? We found that participants who reported having supportive and accepting parents were more in touch with their implicit sexual orientation and less susceptible to homophobia. Individuals whose sexual identity was at odds with their implicit sexual attraction were much more frequently raised by parents perceived to be controlling, less accepting and more prejudiced against homosexuals.

It’s important to stress the obvious: Not all those who campaign against gay men and lesbians secretly feel same-sex attractions. But at least some who oppose homosexuality are likely to be individuals struggling against parts of themselves, having themselves been victims of oppression and lack of acceptance. The costs are great, not only for the targets of anti-gay efforts but also often for the perpetrators. We would do well to remember that all involved deserve our compassion.

Richard M. Ryan is a professor of psychology, psychiatry and education at the University of Rochester. William S. Ryan is a doctoral student in psychology at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

The thought of a man fucking a man in the ass makes me want to puke.

Do I care if a man wants to fuck another man in the ass? No.

Do I want to hang around men that want to fuck another man in the ass? No.

Do I want to hang around redneck assholes that are racists? No.

Do I want to hang out with muslims that want to kill babies in a market? No.

Do I want to hang out with hot women that want to blow me? Yes.

Whats your point? There are people I want to associate with and there are those I dont, who gives a fuck?