The Association Between Gay Men's Stereotypic Beliefs About Drag Queens and Their Endorsement of Hypermasculinity |
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Authors: | CJ Bishop PhD Candidate Mark Kiss BA Candidate Damien M. Rushe PhD Candidate Jacqueline Specht BA |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology , University of Saskatchewan , Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada;2. Department of Psychology , Trinity College , Dublin , Ireland |
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Abstract: | To date, few researchers have investigated gay men's stereotypic beliefs about drag queens and the association between these beliefs and individual difference variables such as hypermasculinity. To address this omission, 118 men self-identifying as non-heterosexual completed an online survey consisting of an adjective checklist about drag queens and a psychometrically sound indicant of hypermasculinity. As predicted, participants who were more likely to endorse hypermasculine belief statements tended to perceive negatively valenced attributes as more characteristic of drag queens. Possible explanations for this relationship, limitations associated with the current study, and directions for future research are delineated. |
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Keywords: | gay men drag femi-negativity hypermasculinity masculinity |
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