Abstract

RAMOS, Mozer de Miranda; ALMEIDA-SEGUNDO, Damião Soares de; MACHAD, Wagner de Lara  and  CERQUEIRA-SANTOS, Elder. A Relational Model of Anti-effeminate in Non-Heterosexual Men: An Exploratory Study. Rev. Subj. [online]. 2021, vol.21, n.2, pp.1-12. ISSN 2359-0769.  https://doi.org/10.5020/23590777.rs.v21i2.e10752.

Effeminate gay and bisexual men are targets of double stigmatization because of anti-effeminacy and society's homophobia, even among the non-heterosexual community. This study aimed to investigate, in an exploratory way, the relational structure of anti-effeminacy through network analysis. An online survey was carried out with 1,123 non-heterosexual Brazilian men over 18 years old and with a mean age of 26.85 years (SD = 8.51). The relational model of anti-effeminacy produced in this study found associations with internalized homophobia (rp = 0.32) and predilection for more manlike partners (rp = 0.45). In addition, it was possible to identify an indirect relationship with the opening of sexual orientation, which occurs through internalized homophobia. This study, in addition to being the first one to develop a network analysis on anti- effeminacy, contributes to the understanding of the phenomenon in the Brazilian context, providing perspectives for further research in the field.

Keywords : effeminacy; internalized homophobia; masculinity; homosexuality; gender.

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