Attitude towards homosexuality: A gender study

Pages: 130-131
Archana Shukla and Swati Pathak (Department of Psychology, University of Lucknow, Lucknow)

The present study endeavors to assess the attitude of males and females towards homosexuality. This study was conducted on ten subjects (five males and five females) purposively selected from lucknow city. For this purpose “Homosexuality Attitude Scale” developed by Kite and Deaux (1986) was used. The results indicate that males hold a more negative attitude towards homosexuality than do females.