• just2look@lemmy.zip
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    1 day ago

    This study kind of illustrates it may be true. It’s not a huge sample size, but its difficult to deny there is at least a significant correlation.

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      I only need to open Grindr at a Republican convention to know for sure. Also, good luck with the servers not crashing.

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      That’s not what the study says??

      I don’t have access to the full text, but it certainly doesn’t state most homophobes display attraction to gay porn.

      It says there is a correlation. If 5% of the population is gay and 10% of homophobes are gay, then homophobia is correlated with being gay.

      But stating most homophobes are gay would require evidence that >50% are gay, not just that there exists a correlation.

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      As noted, its a small sample size, and even in that sample size the homophobic participants exhibited “arousal” to all sexual stimuli.

      I don’t think that makes someone gay.

      You also have to consider the subset of self described homophobes who would consent to having a device strapped to their genitalia while they are shown gay porn…

      They may not be a representative of the larger group.

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        20 hours ago

        The key factor is that only the homophobes experienced arousal when shown gay porn.

        Also, a small sample size doesn’t instantly invalidate a study.

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          10 hours ago

          The key factor is that it neither answers nor proves the claim. Linking it shows a failure to read even the abstract.

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            wierdly how you dont think homophobic people are not gay themselves, you do realize how many people have sham marriages/relationships because they are secretely gay. if you go to any platform where gay people of experiences coming out, many of them had relationships with straight people to appear straight.

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              7 hours ago

              This is a strawman, and not what I claimed at all. Please read my comments more carefully if you wish to understand what I am saying.