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A common feminist claim is that male homophobes often have repressed homosexual impulses, which seems to have been indicated by phallometry suggesting a surprising amount of men may really do have slight or even strong androphilia.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latent_homosexuality#Links_to_homophobia</ref><!-- DEMARCATED THIS SECTION AS THERE APPEARS TO BE MIXED EVIDENCE FOR THE CLAIM THAT HOMOPHOBIA IS ROOTED IN REPRESSED HOMOSEXUAL DESIRES. THERE APPEARS TO BE BOTH EVIDENCE AGAINST THIS ASSERTION AND MODERATING EVIDENCE THAT SUGGESTS THERE ARE DISTINCT SUBSETS OF HOMOPHOBIA, WITH THE SELF-DECEPTIVE SUBSET MENTIONED HERE POSSIBLY BEING ACTUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH REPRESSED/LOWER SEXUAL DESIRES IN GENERAL. WILL REWRITE THIS SECTION LATER TO PRESENT THE VARIOUS EVIDENCE FOR AND AGAINST THIS HYPOTHESIS, AS THIS SUBSECTION IS IMPORTANT, ESP GIVEN HOMOPHOBIAS POSSIBLE ROLE AS A PROMINENT TACTIC OF MALE INTRASEXUAL COMPETITION. For instance, one study gathered men who claimed to be exclusively heterosexual. The men were quizzed on their antipathy to homosexuals. They were then fitted with penile circumference monitors and exposed to video tapes depicting heterosexual, gay, and lesbian pornography. Only the homophobic men exhibited increased erections in response to the gay pornography.<ref>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8772014/</ref> It is typically insinuated that such homophobic males have merely internalized anti-gay views, but in truth homophobia may rather be a rational reaction to a real threat to men's status due to a natural way men compete. --> | A common feminist claim is that male homophobes often have repressed homosexual impulses, which seems to have been indicated by phallometry suggesting a surprising amount of men may really do have slight or even strong androphilia.<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latent_homosexuality#Links_to_homophobia</ref> | ||
This may be related to the finding mentioned in the previous section that femininized (in this case homosexual) men adopt homophobia as a means of establishing their heterosexuality. | |||
<!-- DEMARCATED THIS SECTION AS THERE APPEARS TO BE MIXED EVIDENCE FOR THE CLAIM THAT HOMOPHOBIA IS ROOTED IN REPRESSED HOMOSEXUAL DESIRES. THERE APPEARS TO BE BOTH EVIDENCE AGAINST THIS ASSERTION AND MODERATING EVIDENCE THAT SUGGESTS THERE ARE DISTINCT SUBSETS OF HOMOPHOBIA, WITH THE SELF-DECEPTIVE SUBSET MENTIONED HERE POSSIBLY BEING ACTUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH REPRESSED/LOWER SEXUAL DESIRES IN GENERAL. WILL REWRITE THIS SECTION LATER TO PRESENT THE VARIOUS EVIDENCE FOR AND AGAINST THIS HYPOTHESIS, AS THIS SUBSECTION IS IMPORTANT, ESP GIVEN HOMOPHOBIAS POSSIBLE ROLE AS A PROMINENT TACTIC OF MALE INTRASEXUAL COMPETITION. For instance, one study gathered men who claimed to be exclusively heterosexual. The men were quizzed on their antipathy to homosexuals. They were then fitted with penile circumference monitors and exposed to video tapes depicting heterosexual, gay, and lesbian pornography. Only the homophobic men exhibited increased erections in response to the gay pornography.<ref>https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8772014/</ref> It is typically insinuated that such homophobic males have merely internalized anti-gay views, but in truth homophobia may rather be a rational reaction to a real threat to men's status due to a natural way men compete. --> | |||
===Gay acceptance and homosociality=== | ===Gay acceptance and homosociality=== | ||