Study Questions Number 11
Kilmartin Chapter 5 continued (116-130)
Jordan Chapter 6. Mr. Hollowell (126-143)
Student Name _____________________
Date: 2-28-08
Psychology of Men 270
Hal S. Bertilson, Ph.D.
1. Explain how cultures vary in their attitudes toward non-heterosexual behavior (K 116-117)
2. What rights and privileges available to married heterosexual people are not available to couples of the same sex? (K 117)
3. Explain what is meant to say that antigay sentiments are centered in antifeminine ones. (K 117)
4. Describe gay identity. What does it include? (K 118)
5. Describe Fassinger's stage model of lesbian/gay identity development. (K 118-119)
6. Describe "coming out." (K119)
7. Describe the "Stonewall Riot." What were the consequences of the Stonewall Riot? (K 119)
8. What are the recent trends in cultural identity for gay, lesbian, and bisexual people? (K 119)
9. Herdt (1991) describes the differing experiences of four age cohorts of gay men in the United States. Describe the experience of each. (120-121)
10. Aronson (2004) suggests one of the psychological processes that accounts for scapegoating gays for their risk of AIDS. Describe that theory and how it accounts for this scapegoating. (K 121)
11. Define homophobia. In what ways does homophobia manifest itself? (K 122-123)
12. Why would men go to great lengths do deny even the slightest possibility of homosexual feeling and thought? Explain. (K 123-124)
13. What are the consequences for men of homophobia? Explain. (K 124)
14. What are the consequences for men of homophobia that serves as a defense against homoerotic feelings? Explain. (K 124-125)
15. What is a common misunderstanding about adult developmental change? When a crisis does occur it is triggered by what? (K 126-127)
16. Contradictory findings (O'Rand, 1987) about age-related shifts in gendered behavior may best understood as what? Explain. (128-129)
17. Why does Kilmartin refer to "macho old men" as developmentally unsuccessful? Explain. (129)
18. Many older men adjust well to changes in gender identity. How do they do that? (129)
19. How did the opportunity to work for Mr. Hollowell come about? Explain. (J 127)