Department of Economics, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus , Bridgetown, Barbados.
J Homosex. 2020 Sep 18;67(11):1512-1532. doi: 10.1080/00918369.2019.1601434. Epub 2019 Apr 21.
Over 70 countries in the world currently carry anti-gay laws, among which is Barbados, a small English-speaking Caribbean island. This study evaluates whether heterosexuals in Barbados are consistent or ambivalent in their attitudes toward anti-gay law reform and the extent to which competing messages from interpersonal contact and religion affect ambivalence. The analysis revealed that a majority of heterosexuals hold ambivalent attitudes about gay and lesbian rights. Moreover, results from a multinomial logistic regression imply that Barbadians whose views on sexuality were theologically based were less likely to support restrictions on same-sex intimacy when they have a close relationship with a gay man or lesbian. However, this decline in support for the laws brought about by meaningful contact did not translate to support for gay and lesbian rights among the religiously inclined. Rather, it manifested itself as a state of attitudinal ambivalence.
目前，全球有 70 多个国家存在反同性恋法律，巴巴多斯就是其中一个讲英语的加勒比小岛国家。本研究评估了巴巴多斯的异性恋者对于反同性恋法律改革的态度是否一致或矛盾，以及来自人际接触和宗教的竞争信息在多大程度上影响这种矛盾。分析结果显示，大多数异性恋者对同性恋者的权利持有矛盾的态度。此外，多项逻辑回归分析的结果表明，那些从宗教角度看待性问题的巴巴多斯人，如果与同性恋者有亲密关系，他们不太可能支持限制同性亲密关系。然而，这种由于有意义的接触而对法律的支持减少并没有转化为宗教人士对同性恋和双性恋权利的支持。相反，它表现为一种态度上的矛盾。
