Disclosing Lesbian and Gay Male Sexual Orientation in Later Life: Attitudes of Younger and Older Generations in Eight Latin American Countries
| Autor: | Feliciano Villar, Camen-Lucía Curcio, Maria Carbajal, María Florencia Giuliani, Ruth Nina-Estrella, Victoria Tirro, Rodrigo Serrat, Rita da Cassia Oliveira, María Montero, José de São José, Alina Alfonso |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male Latin Americans Self Disclosure Social Psychology Adolescent 050109 social psychology Sample (statistics) Education Gender Studies 03 medical and health sciences Sexual and Gender Minorities Young Adult Cultural diversity Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Homosexuality Male General Psychology Aged 030505 public health 05 social sciences Homosexuality Female Gender studies General Medicine Hispanic or Latino Middle Aged Latin America Attitude Intergenerational Relations Sexual orientation Female Lesbian 0305 other medical science Psychology Prejudice |
| Zdroj: | Journal of homosexuality. 66(11) |
| ISSN: | 1540-3602 |
| Popis: | The purpose of this research was to explore attitudes toward older lesbians and gay men disclosing their sexual preferences in eight Latin American countries. The sample consisted of 1,539 participants belonging to three age groups (18-29 years, 60-69 years, and 70 years and over). Their answers to two open-ended questions were content-analyzed, and binary logistic regressions were run on the extreme attitudinal categories. Results showed that although most attitudes were positive, a solid percentage of participants still expressed different kinds of derogatory attitudes. Men (as compared to women) and participants who were more religious and less educated tended to hold more negative attitudes toward lesbians and gay men. Both older samples were more prejudiced than the younger one, and attitudes also varied according to country. There was a general trend showing more positive attitudes toward older lesbians and gay men in those countries where sexual minorities' rights are better assured, which suggests that measures to protect sexual minorities and to make sexual diversity in older age visible could be advisable. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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