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| Published: December 28, 2021
Attitude towards Homosexuality in Ten Countries: A Review
MA (Clinical Psychology) Amity University, Noida, India
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DIP: 18.01.144.20210904
DOI: 10.25215/0904.144
ABSTRACT
The present study reviewed researches conducted in ten counties viz. Israel, Italy, India, Albania, Ghana, Portuguese, Indonesia, Russia, U.S.A and Australia. Majority of the countries held a negative attitude towards homosexuality. Attitude also depends on certain characteristics and beliefs of a person. Religious affiliations are associated with negative attitude and intolerance of homosexuality. People with higher education tends to have a positive attitude towards homosexuality. Female gender is associated with more tolerance towards homosexuality than the male gender. Moreover, individuals who are acquainted or had a contact with homosexual had a positive attitude towards them.
Keywords
Homosexuality, countries, attitude, religion, education, age, gender, acquaintance
This is an Open Access Research distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any Medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
© 2021, Sharma G.
Received: August 12, 2021; Revision Received: December 11, 2021; Accepted: December 28, 2021
Garima Sharma @ garimasharma1998@icloud.com
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ISSN 2348-5396
ISSN 2349-3429
18.01.144.20210904
10.25215/0904.144
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