Google, Tell Me. Is He Gay? Masculinity, Heterosexuality, and Gendered Anxieties in Google Search Queries about Sexuality
| Autor: | Mónica L. Caudillo, Tristan Bridges, Emma Mishel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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050402 sociology
Sociology and Political Science media_common.quotation_subject 05 social sciences Gender studies Human sexuality Social desirability bias 0504 sociology 050903 gender studies Gauge (instrument) Heterosexuality Masculinity Sociology 0509 other social sciences Proxy (statistics) Hegemonic masculinity media_common |
| Zdroj: | Sociological Perspectives. 65:241-261 |
| ISSN: | 1533-8673 0731-1214 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/07311214211001906 |
| Popis: | It is difficult to gauge people’s acceptance about same-sex sexualities, as responses to questionnaires are prone to social desirability bias. We offer a new proxy for understanding popular concern surrounding same-sex sexualities: prevalence of Google searches demonstrating concern over gay/lesbian sexual identities. Using Google Trends data, we find that Google searches about whether a specific person is gay or lesbian show patterned bias toward masculine searches, in that such searches are much more frequently conducted about boys and men compared with girls and women. We put these findings into context by comparing search frequencies with other popular Google searches about sexuality and otherwise. We put forth that the patterned bias toward masculine searches illustrates support for the enduring relationship between masculinity and heterosexuality and that it does so on a larger scale than previous research has been able to establish. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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