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dc.contributor.authorMcCann, Polen
dc.contributor.authorMinichiello, Victoren
dc.contributor.authorPlummer, Daviden
dc.date.accessioned2009-12-18T09:03:00Z-
dc.date.issued2009-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Sociology, 45(2), p. 201-220en
dc.identifier.issn1741-2978en
dc.identifier.issn1440-7833en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/3910-
dc.description.abstractThe impact of homophobia on gay men and lesbians has been extensively studied, and shown to have profound, negative impacts on people. The current study examines how fear of being perceived as gay restrains the attitudes and behaviours of heterosexual Australian men. Choices of what subjects to study, sports to play, ways of interacting with other males and displays of emotion are shown to be influenced by homophobia. Homophobia is theorized as a social construct, not a phobia in the psychological sense, and as such is learnt through interaction and observation of which styles of male behaviour are valorized and which are devalued. The period of late childhood through to early adulthood is described as that most influenced by homophobia, and all-male environments during this period - single-sex schools and employment areas, team sports and other mono-gendered environments - are shown to elevate a narrow range of behaviours for boys and men. Participants described a loosening of ideas of what they felt was acceptable behaviour once they moved beyond these environs, allowing them to unlearn homophobia, and they describe impact that this has on how they feel they embodied masculinity.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherSage Publications Ltden
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Sociologyen
dc.titleIs homophobia inevitable?: Evidence that explores the constructed nature of homophobia, and the techniques through which men unlearn iten
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1440783309103347en
dc.subject.keywordsHealth Promotionen
local.contributor.firstnamePolen
local.contributor.firstnameVictoren
local.contributor.firstnameDaviden
local.subject.for2008111712 Health Promotionen
local.subject.seo2008920401 Behaviour and Healthen
local.profile.schoolAdministrationen
local.profile.emailvminichi@une.edu.auen
local.output.categoryC1en
local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20090924-151826en
local.publisher.placeAustraliaen
local.format.startpage201en
local.format.endpage220en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume45en
local.identifier.issue2en
local.title.subtitleEvidence that explores the constructed nature of homophobia, and the techniques through which men unlearn iten
local.contributor.lastnameMcCannen
local.contributor.lastnameMinichielloen
local.contributor.lastnamePlummeren
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:4005en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleIs homophobia inevitable?en
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorMcCann, Polen
local.search.authorMinichiello, Victoren
local.search.authorPlummer, Daviden
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.identifier.wosid000266885100005en
local.year.published2009en
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