Within a social hierarchy based on sexual orientation, heteronormative ideology serves as a social force that maintains dominant group members’ status (e.g., heterosexual men). Disgust may be an emotional reaction to gay men’s violation of heteronormativity (i.e., same-sex sexual behavior) and motivate hostile attitudes toward gay men to promote interpersonal and intergroup boundaries. Based on this theoretical framework, we hypothesized that sexual disgust—compared to pathogen or moral disgust—would be most strongly associated with antigay hostility and would statistically mediate its relationship with heteronormativity. Heterosexual men in the United States ( n = 409) completed an online questionnaire assessing heteronormative ideology, disgust sensitivity, and hostile attitudes toward gay men. Results support the hypotheses and suggest that gay men’s sexual behavior is the most likely elicitor of disgust and antigay hostility, as opposed to a perceived pathogen threat or moral transgression. The findings indicate that heteronormative attitudes and sexual disgust are likely contributors to antigay hostility. Thus, intervention efforts should seek to improve tolerance of same-sex sexual behavior among heterosexual men, which may mitigate emotional reactions and hostile attitudes toward gay men.

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异性恋、厌恶敏感性和对男同性恋者的敌对态度：维持社会等级的潜在机制

在基于性取向的社会等级制度中，异性恋意识形态作为一种社会力量来维持主导群体成员的地位（例如，异性恋男性）。厌恶可能是对男同性恋违反异性恋（即同性性行为）的情绪反应，并激发对男同性恋的敌对态度，以促进人际交往和群体间界限。基于这个理论框架，我们假设性厌恶——与病原体或道德厌恶相比——与反同性恋敌意最密切相关，并且会在统计上调节其与异性恋的关系。美国的异性恋男性 (n = 409) 完成了一项评估异性恋意识形态、厌恶敏感性和对男同性恋者的敌对态度的在线问卷调查。结果支持这些假设，并表明男同性恋者的性行为最有可能引发厌恶和反同性恋敌意，而不是感知到的病原体威胁或道德违规。研究结果表明，异性恋态度和性厌恶可能是反同性恋敌意的原因。因此，干预措施应寻求提高异性恋男性对同性性行为的容忍度，这可能会减轻对男同性恋者的情绪反应和敌对态度。