Attitudes of African-Americans toward Homosexuality

Neisen (1990) reported on homophobia in the 1990s. Homophobia became a term that represented any negative attitude or action toward homosexuals. Since its original use, the term now represents phobia related to homosexuality found in both homosexuals and non-homosexuals. Homophobia represents a prejudice toward homosexuality and fears and negative beliefs or attitudes that accompany this prejudice. Rigid sex role stereotypes are viewed as barriers to accepting homosexuality in both homosexuals and heterosexuals.

Schwanberg (1996) examined health care workers' attitudes toward homosexuals prior to and after the AIDS epidemic. Attitudes of the health care worker are important since they influence the quality of care provided to clients. Homosexual men and women have reported hostile reactions from health care workers despite denial of negative attitudes from these workers. Some health care workers have expressed the desire to have th

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o Science or Business students. Women were more positive than men in all instances. Male attitudes toward gay men improved as students spent more time in college. All attitudes improved toward gay females with time spent in college. It was concluded that education may be a mediating factor in anti-homosexual prejudice in young people, and particularly in men. Effects of Gender on Homosexuality Attitudes Ernst, Francis, Nevels, and Lemeh (1991) conducted an early study of homosexuality attitudes in blacks to determine if gender is a factor. This study also sought to confirm the belief that homosexuality is less tolerated in the black community. For this study, 2006 state employees were surveyed to compare black and white attitudes. Blacks confirmed the hypothesis that there is less social tolerance of homosexuality in the black community. When gender, education, religion, and marital status were controlled, racial differences in negative attitudes toward homosexuality were due to differences between black and white females, with blacks having more negative attitudes. No differences were found between black and white males. It was concluded that this is due to a decreasing number of available black males. Matchinsky a
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