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Gay and Gray with Something to Say: Internalizing Gender and Internalized Homophobia in Lesbians and Gay Men 60 and Over
Mustard, Bjorn
Mustard, Bjorn
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This thesis relies on data collected from in-depth interviews with six gay men and six lesbians, aged 60 and over, to learn about how non/conformity to learned gender roles affects experiences of internalized homophobia. It focuses on learned ideas about gender in childhood, childhood gender expression, and learned ideas about homosexuality to connect the internalization of gender ideologies to the internalization of homophobia. It shows how gay men’s experiences with homophobic bullying in childhood simultaneously reinforce normative expressions of gender and internalize homophobia and how lesbian’s relative lack of gender role reinforcement underscores a latent homophobia of inability to conceive of female homosexuality. Finally, the development of individualized conceptions of gender that are affirming of individuals’ gender expression and sexuality points to a process of resolving dominant gender ideologies that may fit into the process of resolving internalized homophobia. Further research, across cohorts, into the relationship between these two processes is suggested.
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2023-12-01
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Sociology