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Attitude of Italian Gay Men and Italian Lesbian Women Towards Gay and Lesbian Gender-Typed Scenarios

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This study examined the differences between gay men and lesbian women in their negative attitudes towards gay men and lesbians who either confirm or disconfirm stereotypical gender roles. One hundred thirty-eight gay and lesbian participants read four gender-typed scenarios: in two, a gay student and a lesbian student were portrayed as more stereotypically masculine, and in the other two, two gay and lesbian students were described as more stereotypically feminine. Participants rated the targets on a scale assessing negative emotions. The results showed that the feminine gay male target provoked more negative emotions than the other three targets, among both gay and lesbian participants. Moreover, gay and lesbian participants felt more negative emotions towards the masculine lesbian target than the feminine lesbian one. In the end, while the feminine gay man target elicited more negative emotions than the feminine lesbian target, the masculine gay man target did not elicit more negative emotions than the masculine lesbian one. Implications of the results are discussed.

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In the next pages the four target descriptions are reported.

The first (GIACOMO) is about feminine gay man;

The second (VIOLA) is about masculine lesbian woman.

The third (IGOR) is about masculine gay man;

The fourth (REBECCA) is about feminine lesbian woman.

Below there’s a brief description that a gay boy has given about himself for a previous study. We asked to him to write about his studies, his interests and hobbies and his main personality characteristics and ambitions.

Please, read carefully the description in order to answer some questions about him at the following pages.

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Please, read carefully the description in order to answer some questions about her at the following pages.

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Below there’s a brief description that a gay boy has given about himself for a previous study. We asked to him to write about his studies, his interests and hobbies and his main personality characteristics and ambitions.

Please, read carefully the description in order to answer some questions about him at the following pages.

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Below there’s a brief description that a lesbian girl has given about herself for a previous study. We asked to her to write about her studies, her interests and hobbies and her main personality characteristics and ambitions.

Please, read carefully the description in order to answer some questions about her at the following pages.

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Salvati, M., Pistella, J., Ioverno, S. et al. Attitude of Italian Gay Men and Italian Lesbian Women Towards Gay and Lesbian Gender-Typed Scenarios. Sex Res Soc Policy 15, 312–328 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13178-017-0296-7

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