Garofalo: Homomphobes had boners in gay porno study....

[rfranklin]

Anyone familiar with the study that Jeanneane Garofalo was talking about?

Even when faced with the video of their excitement during gay porno, the homophobes (R) insisted that they were repulsed by gay sex.

[Catherine Vincent]

1. LOL!

Ain't that a hoot!

[jonnyblitz]

4. I googled and found this:

oops, i meant to respond to OP, not you, but that's ok. :hi:

<snip>
PSYCHOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
by Charlene L. Muehlenhard, Ph.D.

Q: Is homophobia associated with homosexual arousal?

A: Yes, according to a recent study by Henry Adams and his colleagues.

Adams studied a group of white heterosexual men, 35 of whom were classified as homophobic and 29, as nonhomophobic. Homophobia was defined as a negative emotional reaction (e.g., fear, anxiety, anger, discomfort) to homosexuality and was measured by a self-report scale called the Index of Homophobia (a sample item is, "I would feel nervous being in a group of homosexuals"). All the men reported being entirely heterosexual in both arousal and experience.

Each participant was shown how to put on a penile strain gauge, which measures the circumference of the penis. After the gauge was in place, each man was shown three 4-minute videotapes depicting heterosexual activity, male homosexual activity, and lesbian activity. (The latter tape was included because, interestingly, heterosexual men find lesbian sex highly arousing; it distinguishes better between heterosexual and homosexual men than do other stimuli.)

<snip>


http://www.rtis.com/reg/bcs/pol/touchstone/november96/muehlen.htm

[skids]

13. snicker.

"The latter tape was included because, interestingly, heterosexual men find lesbian sex highly arousing"

Nahhh... REALLY? :sarcasm: I NEVER woulda thunk it! :rofl:

[Realityhack]

17. LOL n/t

[jonnyblitz]

2. YES, i dont have links but i remember when the results came out.

they did a study and found that the subjects who exhibited the most virulent homophobic tendencies were the most aroused by the gay porn used in the test. I don't have the links handy but i remember this.

[skiddlybop]

3. Duh...

Hello?

Hello?

I mean, duhhh...

You know?

[FreedomAngel82]

9. Yep

It's very strange isn't it?

[xchrom]

5. he-he- -- you said -- boner!

:)

[FreedomAngel82]

6. Heh heh

Sex is sex. :shrug: And I'm sure there are straight women who like lesbian sex. :shrug: It's all strange to me.

[txindy]

7. That would not surprise me a bit.

The homophobes I've met seem fixated on the very idea of gay sex. They never shut up about it. :shrug:

[David Zephyr]

8. Middle Sexes, Documentary Narrated by Gore Vidal

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/reviews/review_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001613799

[FreedomAngel82]

10. I've seen it on HBO and have been meaning to see it

It looks pretty interesting and I'll have to try to see it. Vidal is great. :)

[David Zephyr]

12. He mentions the same study about homophobes.

We really found the film informative and well done.

[FreedomAngel82]

21. Hopefully it'll be on one night when it's not too late

School is starting back soon and I have classes beginning at 8am so I can't stay up too late now days unless it's on a Tuesday or Thursday. :) I'm sure it'll be on lots of times since they show docs a good while. :)

[jonnyblitz]

14. oh i want to see this. i hope i can find it on a torrent site online

somewhere. :evilgrin:

[JuniperLea]

15. good book on the topic

It's a novel, but so much rings true. Thought provoking for sure.


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0312422156/qid=1136422661/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-0555904-1740953?n=507846&s=books&v=glance

[JuniperLea]

11. George Costanza

"It moved!"

heh

[Warpy]

16. This is what you're looking for

A study that appears to reveal a major cause of homophobia was completed at the University of Georgia in 1996. 3 It involved 64 white men, none of whom had engaged in homosexual acts during their lifetime. Their sexual fantasies involved only women. 35 of them were rated homophobic; 29 non-homophobic. For the purpose of this study, "homophobia" was defined as a negative emotional reaction (e.g., fear, anxiety, anger, discomfort) to homosexuality. It was measured by a questionnaire called the Index of Homophobia. Each was shown three types of X rated videotapes: heterosexual, lesbian and gay. A plethysmograph measuring device (affectionately called a "peter meter") measured the circumference of their penis as a gauge of sexual arousal.

http://www.religioustolerance.org/hom_fuel2.htm

Google is your friend :evilgrin:

[AspenRose]

28. "Peter Meter?"

Wow.

[Kahuna]

18. LOL!

Typical

[LostInAnomie]

19. My Sociology professor used to speak about it in class.

It was funny because there was a blatant homophobe in the class that got really quiet all of a sudden.

[Bluebear]

20. American Beauty

Col. Frank Fitts syndrome.

[DemonFighterLives]

22. Straight Boner For the Queer Guy

new show coming soon
:shrug:

[missouri dem 2]

23. This could shut up the "gay" issue if we could paint Homophobics

as closet gays. Course I am sure that it wouldn't be taught in an "intelegent design" classes.

[DainBramaged]

26. We could paint them into a corner and make them beg for mercy

no? Just a thought.:hide:

[pretzel4gore]

24. Jeanneane insist that these rightwing thugs who yell loudest

about gays and same sex etc are gay themselves (not that there's anything wrong with that :))...one always suspected she was right; after all masturbation is a 'same sex' act and even jerry falwel once admitted (on ron reagan's talk show show circa 1985) that he hisself 'teased the one eyed devil'(!) a little too robustly ...lol (btw there is a legitimate concern about homosexuality; it isn't necessary to procreation, for example, and any society might well look askance at its children being told that homosexuality is perfectly ok morally - either it is or it isn't....it seems homosexuality is primarily about 'fun' as someone once put it, and 'fun' isn't really why the act of sex exists, or the basis of marriage, according to the...experts. In cases of dedicated loving couples, this doesn't pertain of course... The reason for this caveat is that sometimes the knuckle draggers do reflect, in extremis, what is the results of 1000's of years of social development(?))

[Yollam]

25. It stands to reason.

Why should any straight man with a life care whether other guys are fooling around with each other or (gasp) staring at their butts, unless they are repressed homosexuals or religious zealots? (And it seems there are a lot of repressed gays in that camp, too.)


Life is too short to waste obsessing on other people's sex action. Only sexually frustrated people do that.



I'll bet Fred Phelps would have made the sensor needle on that machine redline. Maybe he developed his "God hates fags" obsession while working truck stop gloryholes in his youth...

[Hardrada]

27. I love this thread!

:D