| bobandcarole 2007-01-30, 4:24 pm |
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NEW ORLEANS -- Homophobia is not an actual phobia, according to three
University of Arkansas psychologists. In a recent study, these
researchers showed that homophobia originates not out of fear or
anxiety -- as true phobias do -- but from feelings of disgust.
The UA researchers also found close associations between homophobic
tendencies and concerns about contamination as well as conservative
views about sexuality in general. Their findings suggest a social,
attitudinal basis for homophobia rather than a psychopathological
one,
as the term itself implies.
http://mentalhealth.about.com/libra...2/blhomo602.htm
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