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- Title
UNDERSTANDING "HETEROSEXISM:" APPLYING THEORIES OF RACIAL PREJUDICE TO HOMOPHOBIA USING DATA FROM A SOUTHWESTERN POLICE DEPARTMENT.
- Authors
Bernstein, Mary; Kostelac, Constance; Gaarder, Emily
- Abstract
This paper proposes an "institutional matrix" (IM) model as a sociological way to understand heterosexism. We draw on theories of racial prejudice to illustrate the relevance of self-interest, stratification beliefs, and a sense of group position for understanding heterosexism. Next, we present the IM model, elaborating the concept "sexual project" as a way to link the construction of interest and threat to concrete organizational and institutional locations. Last, we illustrate the utility of the IM approach by examining its ability to explain attitudes toward lesbian and gay civil liberties among a select group of police department employees. Keywords: homophobia; heterosexism; police attitudes; lesbian and gay politics.
- Subjects
HETEROSEXISM; RACE; PREJUDICES; HOMOPHOBIA; LESBIANISM; POLICE attitudes
- Publication
Race, Gender & Class, 2003, Vol 10, Issue 4, p54
- ISSN
1082-8354
- Publication type
Article