Singaporeans' attitudes toward lesbians and gay men and their tolerance of media portrayals of homosexuality
Singaporeans' attitudes toward lesbians and gay men and their tolerance of media portrayals of homosexuality
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DOI：
10.1093/ijpor/edm017
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发表时间：
2007-09-01
影响因子：
1.8
通讯作者：
Yeow, Magdalene L. H.
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作者：
Detenber, Benjamin H.;Cenite, Mark;Yeow, Magdalene L. H.
虽然西方国家对男女同性恋者的态度和媒体对他们的刻画的研究相当普遍(例如，Levina，Waldo&Fitzgerald，；Mazur&Emmers-Sommer，；Rigger，Ellis&Crawford，)，但在亚洲，关于这些话题的实证研究很少。近年来，在许多亚洲国家(利伯霍尔德，)，同性恋已经成为公共话语和媒体关注的问题。例如，在新加坡，人们公开讨论了同性恋者在公务员中担任职务的后果，以及在旅游业追求“粉色美元”(男同性恋者和女同性恋者花费的钱)的好处。还有人有兴趣修订审查准则，以反映日益全球化的媒体环境中的社会变化(审查审查委员会，)。鉴于这些发展，有必要了解亚洲人对女同性恋者和男同性恋者的态度以及他们对同性恋主题媒体内容的容忍度。到目前为止，新加坡还没有进行过一项关于对同性恋的态度和对电影中同性恋内容的容忍度的具有全国代表性的研究。关于这一专题的少数研究缺乏深度、客观性和代表性(例如LIM，；社区、发展和体育部，a，b；像我们这样的人，)，因此不足以指导辩论和指导政策建议。因此，这项研究的目的是记录新加坡当前的民意，并通过调查一些预测对女同性恋者和男同性恋者的态度的因素，为亚洲的同性恋学术做出贡献。除了人口统计因素，我们还考察了态度和宽容与亚洲价值观和宗教信仰之间的关系。亚洲价值观从来没有在对待同性恋的态度的背景下进行过审查，而且只有在以犹太教-基督教为主的人群(例如富尔顿、戈尔萨奇和梅纳德，；柯克帕特里克，)中才探索过宗教信仰和对男同性恋和女同性恋的态度之间的联系。因此，拥有多元宗教和亚洲种族的新加坡，为研究人们对男女同性恋者的态度提供了一个丰富而新鲜的背景。
While research on attitudes toward lesbians and gay men and portrayals of them in the media is fairly common in Western countries (eg Levina, Waldo & Fitzgerald,; Mazur & Emmers-Sommer,; Riggle, Ellis & Crawford,), little empirical work on these topics has been done in Asia. In recent years homosexuality has become a matter of public discourse and media attention in many Asian countries (Liebhold,). For example, in Singapore there has been public discussion of the ramifications of homosexuals holding positions in the civil service and the merits of pursuing of ‘pink dollars’(ie money spent by gay men and lesbians) in the tourism industry. There has also been interest in revising the censorship guidelines to reflect societal changes in an increasingly globalized media environment (Censorship Review Committee,). Given these developments there is a need to understand the attitudes of Asians toward lesbians and gay men and their tolerance of homosexualthemed media content.To date, there has not been a nationally representative study conducted in Singapore on attitudes toward homosexuality and tolerance of homosexual content in films. The few studies that have been conducted on the topic lacked depth, objectivity and representativeness (eg Lim,; Ministry of Community, Development and Sports, a, b; People Like Us,) and are thus inadequate to inform debate and guide policy recommendations. Therefore, the aim of this study was to document current public opinion in Singapore and to contribute to scholarship on homosexuality in Asia by investigating some of the predictors of attitudes toward lesbians and gay men. In addition to demographic factors, we examined the relationship between attitudes and tolerance and Asian values and religiosity. Asian values have never been examined in the context of attitudes toward homosexuality, and the link between religiosity and attitudes toward gay men and lesbians has been explored only in predominantly Judeo-Christian populations (eg Fulton, Gorsuch, & Maynard,; Kirkpatrick,). Thus Singapore, with its diversity of religions and Asian ethnicities, offers a rich and fresh context to study attitudes toward gay men and lesbians.