Is Homophobia Associated With Homosexual Arousal?

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The authors investigated the role of homosexual arousal in exclusively heterosexual men who ad-

mitted negative affect toward homosexual individuals. Participants consisted of a group of homo-

phobic 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 homosex-

ual, and lesbian videotapes, and changes in penile circumference were monitored. They also com-

pleted 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.

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