Homonegative attitudes after Obergefell v. Hodges. Quasi-experimental evidence of anticipatory backlash from Israel
Homonegative attitudes after Obergefell v. Hodges. Quasi-experimental evidence of anticipatory backlash from Israel
Does the expansion of LGBT+ rights in the US affect mass attitudes towards sexual minorities abroad? Relying on a quasi-experiment presented by the as good as random exposure to news regarding the US’s legalisation of same-sex marriage in the landmark US Supreme Court case - Obergefell vs Hodges – in Israel, I present an empirical test of the cross-national effect of LGBT+ rights advances in the US on mass attitudes abroad. Empirically, I rely on data from wave 7 of the European Social survey to show that legalising same-sex marriage engendered a popular backlash towards homosexuality amongst Israeli citizens and that this rise in homonegativity was greatest amongst women. In contrast to the domestic tolerance-inducing effects of policy feedback at home, this study shows that advances in domestic LGBT+ rights can trigger a negative response among citizens beyond the confines of a state's borders.
LGBT+, same-sex marriage, backlash, political attitudes, public opinion
Turnbull-Dugarte, Stuart J.
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2020
Turnbull-Dugarte, Stuart J.
e25c6280-842c-407f-a961-6472eea5d845
Turnbull-Dugarte, Stuart J.
(2020)
Homonegative attitudes after Obergefell v. Hodges. Quasi-experimental evidence of anticipatory backlash from Israel
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Does the expansion of LGBT+ rights in the US affect mass attitudes towards sexual minorities abroad? Relying on a quasi-experiment presented by the as good as random exposure to news regarding the US’s legalisation of same-sex marriage in the landmark US Supreme Court case - Obergefell vs Hodges – in Israel, I present an empirical test of the cross-national effect of LGBT+ rights advances in the US on mass attitudes abroad. Empirically, I rely on data from wave 7 of the European Social survey to show that legalising same-sex marriage engendered a popular backlash towards homosexuality amongst Israeli citizens and that this rise in homonegativity was greatest amongst women. In contrast to the domestic tolerance-inducing effects of policy feedback at home, this study shows that advances in domestic LGBT+ rights can trigger a negative response among citizens beyond the confines of a state's borders.
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Published date: 2020
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LGBT+, same-sex marriage, backlash, political attitudes, public opinion
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