Sexualization of Children or Human Rights? Attitudes Toward Addressing Sexual-Orientation Diversity in School.

Autor/in	Klocke, Ulrich
Titel	Sexualization of Children or Human Rights? Attitudes Toward Addressing Sexual-Orientation Diversity in School.
Quelle	In: Journal of homosexuality, 71 (2024) 3, S. 600-631 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1540-3602
DOI	10.1080/00918369.2022.2122368
URN	urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-107723-2
Schlagwörter	Einstellung (Psychologie); Psychische Gesundheit; Diskriminierung; Öffentliche Meinung; Homosexualität; Sexualerziehung; Sexualität; Sexuelle Orientierung; Befragung; Fragebogen; Diversität; Intervention; Wert; Minderheit
Abstract	Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) adolescents are more likely to experience mental health problems than their heterosexual peers because they are victimized more often or fear discrimination. Governmental plans to improve this situation by addressing sexual diversity in German schools have been accompanied by public resistance and misinformation, e.g., that they aim to sexualize children. The present study assessed how widespread negative attitudes toward such plans really are and how they can be explained. A random sample of 2,013 German residents was surveyed by phone. Only 10% opposed promoting acceptance of LGB in school. Approval of such plans was predominantly predicted by respondents' beliefs about sexual orientation and the plans' aim, and only marginally by societal values. Respondents who knew that the plans' aim was to promote acceptance of LGB and not to sexualize children and that children with same-sex parents are just as well off as those with heterosexual parents showed higher approval, whereas respondents who believed that homosexuality is affected by socialization showed higher opposition.
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2026/3