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Origins of homophobia in males. Psychosexual vulnerabilities and defense development
1Stanford University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Palo Alto, CA 94305, USA.
American Journal of Psychotherapy
|December 23, 1998
Abstract
Purpose:
To better understand the origins of homophobia among males.
Methods:
Literature review and clinical illustration.
Results:
Data suggest that there is a range of homophobic attitudes.
Conclusions:
We illustrate how homophobic attitudes can be associated with a hierarchy of defensive styles. We propose that these defensive styles are used to manage a range of psychosexual developmental anxieties in boys and men.