Year: 2017
Type: article
Abstract: This dissertation examines how and why worldwide attitudes toward homosexuality and national policies that affect the lives of gay men and women have changed over time.I use three main theories to frame my analysis of attitudes and laws.The firstworld society theory -describes the globalizing influence of an elite "global culture."Support for gay rights has, in recent years, become institutionalized within this global culture.Second, multiple modernities theory points to the effect of region-specific cultural programs.Third, the postmaterialist thesis casts the experience of existential security or insecurity as a main influence on societal norms.Results indicate that both global and region-specific cultures have driven change over time in worldwide attitudes toward homosexuality.I use data from the integrated World Values Survey/European Values Survey (1981-2012) and a longitudinal multilevel
Author: Louisa Roberts
Institution: The Ohio State University
Language: English
Subfield: Social Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2766626787