Cognitive Dimensions of Way-Finding: The Implications of Habitus, Safety, and Gender Dissonance among Gay and Lesbian Populations

10.1068/a4159 ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 41 (7) ◽  
pp. 1745-1762 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petra Doan ◽  
Harrison Higgins
Keyword(s):  
Gay And Lesbian ◽  
Way Finding ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Gender Dissonance ◽  
Cognitive Dimensions

Intimate Partner Homicide Methods in Heterosexual, Gay, and Lesbian Relationships

2008 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 98-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Krystal D. Mize ◽  
Todd K. Shackelford
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Gay And Lesbian ◽  
Heterosexual Men ◽  
Intimate Partner Homicide ◽  
Lesbian Couples ◽  
Homicide Rates ◽  
Lesbian Relationships ◽  
Heterosexual Women ◽  
And Gender

Previous research indicates that the killing method used in homicides may reflect the motivation of the offender and qualities of the victim–offender relationship. The effect of gender and sexual orientation of intimate partner homicide offenders (N = 51,007) was examined with respect to the brutality of killing methods. Guided by previous research and theory, it was hypothesized that homicide brutality will vary with the offender’s sexual orientation and gender, such that the percentage of killings coded as brutal will be higher for (a) gay and lesbian relative to heterosexual relations, (b) men relative to women, (c) gay relative to heterosexual men, and (d) lesbian relative to heterosexual women. The rates of intimate partner homicide were also hypothesized to vary with the gender of the partners, such that (a) homicide rates will be higher in gay relative to heterosexual and lesbian couples and (b) homicide rates will be lowest in lesbian couples. The results support all but one prediction derived from the two hypotheses. We predicted that men would kill their partners more brutally than would women, but the results indicate that the opposite is true.

Drinkin’ and Carryin’ On in Search of Community

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerry T. Watkins
Keyword(s):  
National Identity ◽  
Gay And Lesbian ◽  
Market Forces ◽  
Friendship Networks ◽  
Race And Class ◽  
Lesbian Community ◽  
Identity Based ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Private Homes ◽  
Gain Access

Before market forces created recognizable sites of gay and lesbian community, some queer Floridians leveraged their race and class privileges to create or gain access to spaces in order to find others like themselves. This chapter uses bars, “gay parties,” and friendship networks to show the ways that postwar mobility shaped queer socializing through complex negotiations of desire and access. In Tallahassee, the Cypress Lounge at the Floridan Hotel became an unofficial gay bar, while Florida’s powerbrokers schmoozed and facilitated connections to national identity-based rights discourses. Others used their private homes to host networks of gay and lesbian friends from around the panhandle. In Pensacola, Trader Jon’s and the Hi-Ho Five O’Clock Club were queered by sexually and gender non-conforming individuals.

Sexual Coercion in Gay/Lesbian Relationships: Descriptives and Gender Differences

1997 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 87-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa K. Waldner-Haugrud ◽  
Linda V. Gratch
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Gay Men ◽  
Sexual Coercion ◽  
Gay And Lesbian ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Gay Males ◽  
Lesbian Relationships ◽  
And Gender

A sample of 162 gay males and 111 lesbians (N = 273) completed a survey measuring the frequency of sexually coercive acts occurring within gay and lesbian relationships. Several hypotheses were proposed to clarify earlier findings and to explore gender differences in the data. Contradicting earlier studies’ findings that lesbians experience sexual coercion at higher rates than gay men, the results of this study suggest lesbians are not more likely than gay men to be classified as victims of sexual coercion. Gay men also were found to experience a significantly higher mean number of coercive experiences. Other analyses specific to the type of coercion experienced and the severity of the sexual coercion outcomes (penetration) revealed no gender differences, however. Limitations and directions for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Gay and Lesbian Individuals’ Attitudes Toward the Death Penalty

2012 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 239-261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meredith G. F. Worthen ◽  
Susan F. Sharp ◽  
Forrest R. Rodgers
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Death Penalty ◽  
Capital Punishment ◽  
General Social Survey ◽  
Empathic Concern ◽  
Gay And Lesbian ◽  
Liberal Politics ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
And Gender

Research examining attitudes toward the death penalty has led to a variety of theoretical and practical implications that continue to inform both research and policy. While many studies have examined how race, class, and gender are related to attitudes toward the death penalty, there is a complete lack of literature regarding sexual orientation and attitudes toward the death penalty. This is quite surprising since demographic research suggests that gay and lesbian individuals (compared to heterosexual individuals) have significantly higher levels of education and may be much more likely to align with liberal politics (two things that have been found to be correlated with a lack of support for the death penalty). Furthermore, studies suggest that gender differences in attitudes toward capital punishment can be related to the fact that women are socialized to be more empathic than men; however, it is unclear how these gender differences in empathic concern may be related to death penalty attitudes among gay and lesbian individuals. In this exploratory analysis using the General Social Survey (years 2002 and 2004), the authors investigate gay and lesbian individuals’ attitudes toward the use of the death penalty. Preliminary findings indicate that similar to heterosexuals, the majority of gay and lesbian individuals support the death penalty; however, being a gay man exerts a significant negative effect on death penalty support. Furthermore, both empathic concern and political beliefs entirely mediate the effects of gender and sexual orientation on attitudes toward the death penalty.

Converging on the Heterosexual Dyad: Changing Mormon and Adventist Sexual Norms and Implications for Gay and Lesbian Adherents

2008 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 56-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura L. Vance
Keyword(s):  
Well Being ◽  
Sexual Revolution ◽  
Gay And Lesbian ◽  
Sexual Expression ◽  
Latter Day Saints ◽  
Marriage And Family ◽  
Sexual Norms ◽  
The Face ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Heterosexual Marriage

Nineteenth-century sexual ideals in Mormonism and Seventh-day Adventism differed: Adventism proscribed sexual expression, even in marriage, and Latter-day Saints encouraged marriage and sexual expression in addition to that sanctioned by the wider society, especially in polygamy. Nonetheless, each movement justified sexual norms by asserting that sexual expression lessened vital force, or physical well-being. In the face of changing societal sexual and gender norms——especially resulting from the sexual revolution, the modern feminist movement, and the gay rights movement——Adventism's and Mormonism's definitions of appropriate sexual expression converged to promote sex in heterosexual marriage. Concomitantly, homosexuality was explicitly and publicly defined as sinful and antithetical to, even threatening, heterosexual marriage and family. This paper explores the convergence of sexual ideals in Mormonism and Adventism, with attention to explicit proscription of homosexuality, responses to homosexuality and homosexuals in each movement, and implications of these for gay and lesbian adherents.

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