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Perceived Similarity With Gay Men Mediates the Effect of Antifemininity on Heterosexual Men’s Antigay Prejudice
Authors:Carmen Martínez  Carolina Vázquez  Juan Manuel Falomir-Pichastor
Institution:1. Social Psychology Department, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain;2. Unité de Psychologie Sociale, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Abstract:This research examined the hypothesis that heterosexual men’s motivation to differentiate themselves from gay men mediates the relationship between the antifemininity norm of masculinity and antigay prejudice. We assessed masculinity through three concepts: status, thoughness, and antifemininity. Participants then reported their perceived similarity with gay men and their antigay prejudice. The results showed that antifemininity was the best predictor of both perceived similarity and antigay prejudice: The more people endorsed the antifemininity norm, the more they perceived themselves as dissimilar from gay men and showed antigay prejudice. More important, perceived similarity mediated the effect of antifemininity on antigay prejudice. These findings provide direct evidence for the link between masculinity and the motivation to differentiate oneself from gay men, and they suggest that antigay prejudice accomplishes the identity function of maintaining unambiguous gender boundaries.
Keywords:antifemininity  distinctiveness need  masculinity  perceived similarity  sexual prejudice
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