Effects Of Homophobia On Gays
The Effects of Homophobic Pejoratives and Verbal Abuse of Gay, Lesbian Bisexual High School Students Stephanie D. Butcher American Public University System
Abstract
Intolerance of homosexuality can have serious psychiatric affects for gay, lesbian and bisexual teenagers. Lesbian and Gay teenagers have high rates of assault, substance abuse, and suicide. This study examined the words most commonly used by a number of high school freshmen when “slagging someone off” or talking behind someone’s back in a negative manner. Homophobic responses were the highest. While some teens use words like “gay” loosely to describe things today, the casual use of homophobic words can have devastating effects on gay, lesbian and bisexual teenagers.
While trying to deal with the everyday challenges of being a …show more content…
This would allow them to feel more comfortable with themselves and their responses. The method of research Dr Thurlow used was the Survey method. This method provides a large amount of information on large numbers of people. (Wade,C., Tarvis,C. 2012)
A total of 377 students from 5 co-educational high schools were surveyed in two major Welsh and English Cities. They were all Ninth Grade students ranging from 14-15 years old. A total of 51% or 191 of the participants were boys while 49% or 186 were girls. As far as the ethnic heritage of the students, 31% of the students described themselves as coming from ethnic minority backgrounds describing themselves as Black, Muslim, Asian or Somalian, rather than English/Welsh, White or
Abstract
Intolerance of homosexuality can have serious psychiatric affects for gay, lesbian and bisexual teenagers. Lesbian and Gay teenagers have high rates of assault, substance abuse, and suicide. This study examined the words most commonly used by a number of high school freshmen when “slagging someone off” or talking behind someone’s back in a negative manner. Homophobic responses were the highest. While some teens use words like “gay” loosely to describe things today, the casual use of homophobic words can have devastating effects on gay, lesbian and bisexual teenagers.
While trying to deal with the everyday challenges of being a …show more content…
This would allow them to feel more comfortable with themselves and their responses. The method of research Dr Thurlow used was the Survey method. This method provides a large amount of information on large numbers of people. (Wade,C., Tarvis,C. 2012)
A total of 377 students from 5 co-educational high schools were surveyed in two major Welsh and English Cities. They were all Ninth Grade students ranging from 14-15 years old. A total of 51% or 191 of the participants were boys while 49% or 186 were girls. As far as the ethnic heritage of the students, 31% of the students described themselves as coming from ethnic minority backgrounds describing themselves as Black, Muslim, Asian or Somalian, rather than English/Welsh, White or