Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Britons have stronger prejudice against homosexuals than ethnicities

The British Psychological Society - Prejudice study finds gay is the new black

Because of the strong public social pressures against displaying prejudice in most western countries, researchers have developed 'implicit association/attitude' tests administered by a computer. The technique tires to uncover biases that people may be unaware they have. The tests in a broad range of Britons showed that 7% have strong anti-gay bias and 35% have 'some' anti-gay bias. The next question is how these 'mid-range' biases would come out; researchers suggested that they may surface during stressed, threatened, traumatic or emotional times.

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