Love is heterosexual‐by‐default: Cultural heterosexism in default prototypes of romantic love
| Autor: | Erica G. Hepper, Sapphira R. Thorne, Peter Hegarty |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Social Psychology media_common.quotation_subject 050109 social psychology 050105 experimental psychology Sexual and Gender Minorities Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Heterosexuality media_common 05 social sciences Heterosexism Homosexuality Female social sciences Romance Love behavior and behavior mechanisms Bisexuality Default Female Norm (social) Ideology Lesbian Psychology Social psychology |
| ISSN: | 0144-6665 |
| Popis: | Cultural heterosexist ideologies assume heterosexuality to be the default norm. Four studies investigated when concepts of romantic love are heterosexual‐by‐default (N = 685). In Studies 1–2, participants generated features of romantic love, in general (i.e., the default prototype) or among one of three sexual orientation‐specific couples (lesbian, gay, or heterosexual). Heterosexual‐identified participants’ default prototypes were more similar to heterosexual than same‐gender prototypes (Study 1). Lesbian‐ and gay‐identified participants’ default prototypes were more similar to both heterosexual and gay male than lesbian prototypes, whereas bisexual‐identified participants’ sexual orientation‐specific prototypes were equivalently similar to the default (Study 2). However, heterosexual‐identified participants rated presented features of love similarly across sexual orientation‐specific conditions (Study 3). In a timed feature‐verification task (Study 4), participants categorized fewer peripheral features of romantic love as relevant to same‐gender than mixed‐gender couples. Activating sexual orientation‐specific representations affected subsequent default concepts of romantic love. We discuss implications for heterosexism theories and intervention. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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