Gender Belief Systems: Homosexuality and the Implicit Inversion Theory
- 1 March 1987
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychology of Women Quarterly
- Vol. 11 (1), 83-96
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1987.tb00776.x
Abstract
Beliefs about the characteristics of male and female homosexuals and heterosexuals were assessed to determine the degree to which stereotypes of homosexuals are consistent with the inversion model proposed by Freud (1905) and others, i.e., the assumption that homosexuals are similar to the opposite-sex heterosexual. Results showed that people do subscribe to an implicit inversion theory wherein male homosexuals are believed to be similar to female heterosexuals, and female homosexuals are believed to be similar to male heterosexuals. These results offer additional support for a bipolar model of gender stereotyping, in which masculinity and femininity are assumed to be in opposition.Keywords
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