Disgust sensitivity relates to attitudes toward gay men and lesbian women across 31 nations

Previous work has reported a relation between pathogen-avoidance motivations and prejudice toward various social groups, including gay men and lesbian women. It is currently unknown whether this association is present across cultures, or specific to North America. Analyses of survey data from adult...

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Published in:	Group processes & intergroup relations Vol. 26; no. 3; pp. 629 - 651
Main Authors:	van Leeuwen, Florian, Inbar, Yoel, Petersen, Michael Bang, Aarøe, Lene, Barclay, Pat, Barlow, Fiona Kate, de Barra, Mícheál, Becker, D. Vaughn, Borovoi, Leah, Choi, Jongan, Consedine, Nathan S., Conway, Jane Rebecca, Conway, Paul, Adoric, Vera Cubela, Demirci, Ekin, Fernández, Ana María, Ferreira, Diogo Conque Seco, Ishii, Keiko, Jakšić, Ivana, Ji, Tingting, Jonaityte, Inga, Lewis, David M. G., Li, Norman P., McIntyre, Jason C., Mukherjee, Sumitava, Park, Justin H., Pawlowski, Boguslaw, Pizarro, David, Prokop, Pavol, Prodromitis, Gerasimos, Rantala, Markus J., Reynolds, Lisa M., Sandin, Bonifacio, Sevi, Barış, Srinivasan, Narayanan, Tewari, Shruti, Yong, Jose C., Žeželj, Iris, Tybur, Joshua M.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London, England SAGE Publications 01-04-2023 Sage Publications Ltd
Subjects:	Attitudes Disgust Economics and Finance Group norms Heterosexuality Homophobia Homosexuality Humanities and Social Sciences Lesbianism Men Prejudice Prostitution Sex workers Social groups Violations Women prejudice emotion pathogens sex disgust sensitivity Pathogens Prejudice Disgust sensitivity Emotion Sex
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Summary:	Previous work has reported a relation between pathogen-avoidance motivations and prejudice toward various social groups, including gay men and lesbian women. It is currently unknown whether this association is present across cultures, or specific to North America. Analyses of survey data from adult heterosexuals (N = 11,200) from 31 countries showed a small relation between pathogen disgust sensitivity (an individual-difference measure of pathogen-avoidance motivations) and measures of antigay attitudes. Analyses also showed that pathogen disgust sensitivity relates not only to antipathy toward gay men and lesbians, but also to negativity toward other groups, in particular those associated with violations of traditional sexual norms (e.g., prostitutes). These results suggest that the association between pathogen-avoidance motivations and antigay attitudes is relatively stable across cultures and is a manifestation of a more general relation between pathogen-avoidance motivations and prejudice towards groups associated with sexual norm violations.
ISSN:	1368-4302 1461-7188
DOI:	10.1177/13684302211067151