Attitude Toward Homosexuality

Associated Documents (1)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Minturn, LeighCultural patterning of sexual beliefs and behavior

Associated Hypotheses (5)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Minturn, Leigh"Marriages tend to be arranged where homosexuality is accepted and frequent" (307)
Minturn, Leigh"As predicted, societies which favor homosexuality and have frequent homosexuality are high on the sexual anxiety scale" (308)
Minturn, Leigh"Societies in which homosexuality is a relatively accepted form of behavior for men have a higher incidence of homosexuality than do societies in which such behavior is condemned" (308)
Minturn, Leigh"Societies having male genital mutilations as part of the initiation ceremonies condone or encourage homosexuality. . . . They also have more frequent homosexuality . . . and severely punish rape" (309)
Minturn, Leigh". . . the rape and homosexuality scales show no relationship to Whiting's measure of the length of the postpartum taboo" (309)

Associated OCMs

  1. homosexuality