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How Context Matters: Predicting Men's Homophobic Slang Use
Hall, Jeffrey A. La France, Betty H.
Hall, Jeffrey A.
La France, Betty H.
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Abstract
This manuscript reports two experiments exploring heterosexual men’s use of homophobic slang
in social contexts, varied by sex-ratio. Study 1 (N = 127) experimentally demonstrated that
compared to a mixed-sex audience, heterosexual men with an all-male audience reported higher
levels of hetero-identity concern (HIC) and more homophobic slang use; these men had similar
levels of HIC compared to men with an all-female audience. Study 2 replicated Study 1’s mean
difference tests, and explored whether the relationship between HIC and homophobic slang was
affected by group sex-ratio and social norms. Results suggest the relationship between HIC and
homophobic slang was significant only in all-male and mixed-sex audiences, and the norm of
noninterference was predictive of homophobic slang only in all-male groups.
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2012
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Gender Identification, Hetero-identity Concern, Homophobic Slang Use, Self-categorization Theory
Citation
Hall, J. A., & La France, B. H. (in press). How context matters: Predicting men’s homophobic slang use.
Journal of Language and Social Psychology.