Male and Female He Created Them:

[Warren Stupidity]

Male and Female He Created Them: Gender Traditionalism, Masculine Images of God, and Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Unions

Prior research demonstrates that religion and gender traditionalism are associated with less favorable attitudes toward same-sex unions because of its deviation from customary religious doctrine and traditional patterns of gender behavior. This study examines the link between religion, gender traditionalism, and attitudes toward same-sex unions by utilizing a novel measure of gender traditionalism that is distinctly religious as well. Recent work on images of God reveals that individuals’ views of the divine provide a glimpse of their underlying view of reality. The results suggest that individuals who view God as a “he” are much less favorable toward same-sex unions than those who do not view God as masculine, even while controlling for gender traditionalist beliefs and other images of God. Individuals who view God as masculine are signaling a belief in an underlying gendered reality that influences their perceptions of the proper ordering of that reality, which extends to marriage patterns. These findings encourage future research to identify innovative measures of religion that incorporate aspects of other social institutions to account for their interconnected nature.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jssr.12130/abstract

[trotsky]

1. Well I can tell you for certain there was no reason to do this study.

As has been made clear by some here, religious beliefs NEVER play a role in negative behavior. Case closed.

[Warren Stupidity]

2. certainly not paternalistic abrahamic religions

and besides this study is a broad brush attack so it should be ignored. Plus Dawkins.

[rug]

3. Do they mention Galatians 3:28?

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free person, there is not male and female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.