• Is homophobia associated with homosexual arousal?
Adams HE, Wright LW Jr, Lohr BA.
Source
Department of Psychology, University of Georgia, Athens 30602-3013, USA.
Abstract
The authors investigated the role of homosexual arousal in exclusively
heterosexual men who admitted negative affect toward homosexual
individuals. Participants consisted of a group of homophobic men (n = 35)
and a group of nonhomophobic men (n = 29); they were assigned to groups on
the basis of their scores on the Index of Homophobia (W. W. Hudson & W. A.
Ricketts, 1980). The men were exposed to sexually explicit erotic stimuli
consisting of heterosexual, male homosexual, and lesbian videotapes, and
changes in penile circumference were monitored. They also completed an
Aggression Questionnaire (A. H. Buss & M. Perry, 1992). Both groups
exhibited increases in penile circumference to the heterosexual and female
homosexual videos. Only the homophobic men showed an increase in penile
erection to male homosexual stimuli. The groups did not differ in
aggression. Homophobia is apparently associated with homosexual arousal
that the homophobic individual is either unaware of or denies.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8772014