Book contents
- Reviews
- Benign Bigotry
- Benign Bigotry
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 “It’s Just a Few Bad Apples”: The Denial of Systemic Inequality
- 2 “Those People All Look Alike”: The Myth of the Other
- 3 “They Must Be Guilty of Something”: The Myth of Criminality
- 4 “Feminists Are Manhaters”: Backlash Mythmaking
- 5 “LGBTQ People Flaunt Their Sexuality”: The Myth of Hypersexuality
- 6 “I’m Not a Racist, I’m Colorblind”: The Myth of Neutrality
- 7 “Affirmative Action Is Reverse Racism”: The Myth of Meritocracy
- Conclusion
- Index
5 - “LGBTQ People Flaunt Their Sexuality”: The Myth of Hypersexuality
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- Reviews
- Benign Bigotry
- Benign Bigotry
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 “It’s Just a Few Bad Apples”: The Denial of Systemic Inequality
- 2 “Those People All Look Alike”: The Myth of the Other
- 3 “They Must Be Guilty of Something”: The Myth of Criminality
- 4 “Feminists Are Manhaters”: Backlash Mythmaking
- 5 “LGBTQ People Flaunt Their Sexuality”: The Myth of Hypersexuality
- 6 “I’m Not a Racist, I’m Colorblind”: The Myth of Neutrality
- 7 “Affirmative Action Is Reverse Racism”: The Myth of Meritocracy
- Conclusion
- Index
Summary
Chapter 5 explores the common stereotype that LGBTQ+ people flaunt their sexuality, or behave sexually inappropriate in ways that heterosexual and cisgender people do not. This stereotype undergirds the rationale for recent anti-LGBTQ+ bills such as Florida’s Don’t Say Gay bill and anti-transgender legislation which is part of the backlash against the progress of queer rights in the early 2000s. Various shortcuts in thinking that contribute to the reckless and false belief that queer people flaunt their sexuality are discussed. Lesbian and gay parenting and children of queer parents is discussed as well. Heterosexual privilege is examined. The empirical work on child sexual abuse is also considered. The chapter concludes with strategies to reduce heterosexism and homophobia.
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- Benign BigotryThe Psychology of Subtle Prejudice, pp. 184 - 227Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024