Liberal attitudes and homophobic acts: the paradoxes of homosexual experience in a liberal institution.

摘要: Rates of victimization and attitudes towards lesbians, gay men, bisexuals at a well-known national liberal arts college were reported compared to other institutions. Based on two campus-wide surveys employees students respectively, differences in degree exclusion, isolation, sexual harassment, needing deny one's sexuality, self-censorship, factors found among students, people with varying sexualities, color, whites. The paradoxical finding extensive attitudinal support widespread was explored. explanation suggested for the paradox drew institutional characteristics, culture, priorities. configuration these, I that resulted from competing values, ethos focused equal rights, heterosexual orthodoxy, many pulled between two. Theoretical implications, counter-explanations, implications briefly