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Homophobia : the state of sexual bigotry today
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Homophobia : the state of sexual bigotry today

Author: Martin Kantor
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2009.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 2nd edView all editions and formats
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"In this new edition of Homophobia, Kantor tells in harsh detail how and why people still fire off slurs like "faggot" and "dyke," and threaten harm, from blowing up homes to bashing in heads. He takes us across America to city streets, hospitals, schools, broadcast stations, churches, and police departments, showing how homophobia is still very much alive."--[book cover]
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Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Martin Kantor
ISBN: 9780313359255 0313359253
OCLC Number: 255892334
Description: xix, 189 p. ; 25 cm.
Contents: General characteristics of homophones (and other bigots) --
Models of homophobia --
Rationalizations of homophobia --
Homophobia in gays and lesbians (internalized or internal/self-homophobia) --
Heterophobia (excessive or false accusations of homophobia) --
The negative effect of homophobia on gays and lesbians --
Developmental and psychodynamic considerations --
Homophobia as an emotional disorder : paranoid homophobia --
Homophobia as an emotional disorder : passive-aggressive, or subtle, homophobia --
Homophobia as an emotional disorder : other forms --
Homophobic cognitive errors --
Other perspectives --
Helping homophobes become less homophobic --
Handling homophobes.
Responsibility: Martin Kantor.

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." . . readers with strong clinical backgrounds stand to benefit most from Kantor's assessment of the root causes, and concomitant pathological expression, of homophobia in individuals. Kantor makes the compelling observation that homophobia, though less overt now than when the first edition of this book appeared, is perhaps more pervasive and damaging to its victims and society now. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students through professionals." -

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