{"id":55899,"date":"2013-06-17T09:04:17","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T14:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/?p=55899"},"modified":"2013-06-16T21:09:25","modified_gmt":"2013-06-17T02:09:25","slug":"global-attitudes-toward-homosexuality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesocietypages.org\/socimages\/2013\/06\/17\/global-attitudes-toward-homosexuality\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Attitudes toward Homosexuality"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pew Research Global Attitudes Project recently released data on attitudes about homosexuality in 39 countries<\/a>.\u00a0Generally, those living in the Middle East and Africa were the least accepting, while those in the Americas, Europe, and parts of Asia (the Philippines, Australia, and to a lesser extent Japan) were most accepting:<\/p>\n

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Generally, the more religious a country, the less accepting its citizens are of homosexuality:<\/p>\n

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The proportion of people who support social acceptance of gays and lesbians ranged from a high of 88% in Spain to a low of 1% in Nigeria:<\/p>\n

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Attitudes about homosexuality vary widely by age. There is a pretty consistent global pattern of more positive attitudes among younger people, with a few exceptions:<\/p>\n

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Thus far, legalization of same-sex marriage has been largely confined to the Americas and Europe; New Zealand and South Africa are the two outliers:
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The Pew Center points out<\/a>\u00a0that of the 15 nations that have fully extended marriage rights to same-sex couples, 8 have done so just since 2010. In the U.S., we’re currently awaiting a Supreme Court’s decision, which should arrive shortly, to know if we’ll be joining the list sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n

Thanks to Peter Nardi at Pitzer College for the link!<\/p>\nGwen Sharp is an associate professor of sociology at Nevada State College. You can follow her on Twitter at @gwensharpnv.<\/em><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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