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Origins of homophobia in males - Psychosexual vulnerabilities and defense development Annual Meeting of the Academy-of-Child-and-Adolescent-Psychiatry Lock, J., Kleis, B. ASSN ADVAN PSYCHOTHERAPY. 1998: 425–36

Abstract

To better understand the origins of homophobia among males.Literature review and clinical illustration.Data suggest that there is a range of homophobic attitudes.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.

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