Phil N. Molé: “Given the continuing resistance to gay marriage, and frequent attacks on the rights and characters of bisexuals and homosexuals, I’ve found myself thinking a lot about homophobia lately. I’ve been thinking about the reasons for this intolerance, and why it remains so common.
Among secularists and atheists, it often seems to be thought that homophobia is simply a matter of religious faith. People are supposedly homophobic because their religion tells them any sexual preference other than heterosexuality is sinful, or because they have general repressed attitudes about sexuality that stem from religious belief. But while religion definitely contributes to and enforces homophobia, it can’t reasonably be considered the cause of homophobia. For one thing, plenty of non-religious people are very homophobic. For another, religions get their characters from the societies in which they’re found, so we have to look at the norms of those societies if we want to understand where homophobia comes from.
Homophobia is a consequence of heterosexism, which is the idea that heterosexuality is the normal or “default” sexual preference…”
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Phil N. Molé: “Here’s an example of homophobia and heterosexism in action. This piece discusses some interesting research about possible biochemical influences on sexual orientation, but also discusses some rather disturbing perspectives on that research. Some of the researchers discussed here view homosexuality and even “masculine” behavior on the part of girls/women as abnormalities, and suggest that pre-natal steroid treatments might be a good way of ensuring that girls grow up to fulfill their expected roles as women. And that’s really creepy.”