An Exploration of Sexual Minority Stress Across the Lines of Gender and Sexual Identity
An Exploration of Sexual Minority Stress Across the Lines of Gender and Sexual Identity
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DOI：
10.1080/00918360902728517
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发表时间：
2009-01-01
影响因子：
2.6
通讯作者：
Brallier, Sara A.
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作者：
Hequembourg, Amy L.;Brallier, Sara A.
尽管越来越多的证据表明，男女同性恋者和双性恋者经历了一系列与他们的性少数地位相关的压力源和后果，但到目前为止，还没有已知的研究使用焦点小组讨论来探索和记录他们对性少数压力的看法。在这项探索性研究中，我们展示了43名男同性恋者、女同性恋者和双性恋者所描述的一系列少数性压力源的焦点小组数据。我们探讨了受访者对异性的认知、不同社会环境中的披露问题、支持来源以及应对压力的策略上的性别和性别认同差异。受访者报告说，女性的同性关系被色情和扭曲，以适应异性恋的男性欲望，而男性被负面描述为性乱和离经叛道。这些不同的刻板印象对披露决定产生了重要影响，并影响了男性和女性与异性恋男性的社会互动。双性恋受访者报告说，他们采取了独特的策略来应对与对自己性别身份的误解相关的排斥和孤立。并对今后的性少数民族应激研究方向进行了讨论。
Despite growing evidence to suggest that gays, lesbians, and bisexuals experience a range of stressors and consequences related to their sexual minority status, no known studies to date have employed focus group discussion to explore and document their perceptions of sexual minority stress. In this exploratory study, we present focus group data on a range of sexual minority stressors as described by 43 gay men, lesbians, and bisexual men and women. We explore gender and sexual identity differences in the respondents' perceptions of heteronormativity, disclosure issues in different social settings, sources of support, and strategies for coping with stress. Respondents reported that women's same-sex relationships were eroticized and distorted to accommodate heterosexual male desire, while men were negatively depicted as sexually promiscuous and deviant. These differing stereotypes held important consequences for disclosure decisions and affected men's and women's social interactions with heterosexual men. Bisexual respondents reported unique strategies to cope with exclusion and isolation associated with misunderstandings about their sexual identities. Directions for future research on sexual minority stress are discussed.