Thursday, November 12, 2015

Masculine Overcompensation in Gay Men

Masculine overcompensation is a phenomenon that occurs when a male exhibits hypermasculine characteristics in response to threats to his masculinity (Willer, Rogalin, Conlon, & Wojonowicz, 2013).  Heterosexual males have been found to respond to gender identity threats with higher levels of stereotypically masculine characteristics and increased antisocial behaviour, but it is not known whether gay men respond correspondingly when their masculinity is challenged.  Our study posed to determine the extent to which gay males exhibit masculine overcompensation previously seen in heterosexual males...


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By: Brodie J. Lewis, Cassandra Hesse, Briana Cook, Kaylee Skoda, & Cory L. Pedersen of https://twitter.com/OrgasmRLab 



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