Observing Homosexual and Gender Nonconformity Behaviors

Michael Lambertus examines the influence of perceived homosexual sexual and gender nonconform behaviors on the elicitation of two moral emotions, disgust and contempt, as well as moral judgment of male participants in his study. In doing so, he considers the extent to which these men endorse specific cultural beliefs about masculinity–also referred to as ‘masculinity ideology’. The author succeeds in proving an increase in disgust towards perceived homosexual, but not towards heterosexual sexual behavior of a description of a fictional person, the more the participants advocate masculine gender role norms.

• gender nonconform behaviors
• gender conformity
• sexual behavior
• femininity
• masculinity
• masculinity ideology
• traditional male role norms
• disgust and contempt
• moral values
• moral judgment
• gay people
• gender nonconformity
• homosexual behavior
• homosexual sexual behaviors
• sexual orientation
• gender and sexuality
• mens' studies

• Social Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

  Michael Lambertus

Michael Lambertus completed his master's thesis at the University of Basel, Switzerland. His research focuses on social, economic, and decision psychology.

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