Homofobija - uzmâcîgas iracionâlas bailes no homoseksuâliem cilvçkiem, kas var izpausties kâ diskomforts kontaktâ ar homoseksuâliem cilvçkiem vai vçlme pasargât bçrnus no ðiem cilvçkiem, vai smagâkâ formâ - kâ aktîva cîòa pret gejiem un lesbietçm, vçlme panâkt viòu izskauðanu, kas var realizçties verbâlu uzbrukumu un pamudinâjumu veidâ, kâ arî kâ fiziska vardarbîba pret homoseksuâïiem.[1]
Iemeslu aizspriedumiem parasti var meklçt nezinâðanâ un bailçm no savâdâkâ, tâpçc ðeit bûs neliels ieskats homoseksuâlu cilvçku dzîvç.
Attiecîbu ilgums
Daþâdos pçtîjumos minçts, ka homoseksuâlu vîrieðu attiecîbas vidçji ilgst 1,5 gadus[2], citos, ka no 2 lîdz 3 gadiem[3]. Atseviðíos avotos pieejami dati, ka tipiskas attiecîbas ilgst pusgadu[4] un tikai atseviðíos gadîjumos pârsniedz 2 gadus[5]. 15% gadîjumu attiecîbas ilgst 12 gadus un ilgâk, bet 5% gadîjumu- ilgâk par 20 gadiem.[6] Latvijâ vidçjais heteroseksuâlu laulîbu ilgums 2004. gadâ bija attiecîgi 13,3 gadi pilsçtniekiem un 14,3 gadi laukos[7].
Uzticîba
Par seksuâli uzticîgiem savam laulâtajam sevi atzîst 85% laulâto sievieðu un 75,5% laulâto vîrieðu. Homoseksuâlo pâru vidû uzticîbu partnerim apliecina 4,5% vîrieðu.[8]
Pçtîjumâ ar 156 homoseksuâliem vîrieðiem, 7 atzina pilnîgu uzticîbu partnerim, visos gadîjumos attiecîbas ilguðas lîdz 5 gadiem, attiecîbu ilgumam esot lielâkam par 5 gadiem, neviens no aptaujâtajiem neatzina sevi par uzticîgu[9].
Attiecîbas un laulîba
Populârais uzskats, ka homoseksuâla ir desmitâ daïa sabiedrîbas tiek apstrîdçts pçtîjumos, kas uzrâda, ka par homoseksuâliem uzskatâmi 2,5% vîrieðu un 1,4% sievieðu[10]. Citos avotos: 1.3% vîrieðu un 0.7% sievieðu ir homoseksuâli[11]. Apkopojot vairâkus pçtîjumus, par homoseksuâliem tiek atzîti mazâk kâ 3% sabiedrîbas[12].
Attiecinot reìistrçto homoseksuâlo laulîbu skaitu pret kopçjo homoseksuâlo populâciju, redzams, ka iespçju legalizçt savas attiecîbas izmanto 21% Vermontas ðtata homoseksuâïu[13], bet Zviedrijâ- 2%[14], Nîderlandç- 2,8%[15].
Partneru skaits
Bell, Weinberg pçtîjumâ noskaidrots, ka 43% homoseksuâlu vîrieðu dzîves laikâ ir vairâk par 500 seksa partneru, 28%- vairâk par 1000[16]. Citâ pçtîjumâ noskaidrots, ka neskatoties pastâvîgu partneri, gejiem vidçji ir 8 partneri gada laikâ[17].
Vardarbîba partneru starpâ
Ar vardarbîbu no partnera puses saskaras- lesbietes: 11,4% gadîjumu, geji: 15,4% gadîjumu, precçtas sievietes: 0,26%, precçti vîrieði: 0,05%[18].
Homoseksuâlisms un pedofilija
Pretçji uzskatam, ka homoseksuâlismam nav nekâda sakara ar pedofiliju, pierâdîts, ka 25% no homoseksuâlu vîrieðu ir pedofili[19], kas ir 10- 25 reizes vairâk par pedofilijas prevalenci sabiedrîbâ[12].
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2*. Maria Xiridou, et al, "The Contribution of Steady and Casual Partnerships to the Incidence of HIV Infection among Homosexual Men in Amsterdam," AIDS 17(2003): 1031.
3*. M. Saghir and E. Robins, Male and Female Homosexuality(Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1973): 225; L. A. Peplau and H. Amaro, "Understanding Lesbian Relationships," in Homosexuality:Social, Psychological, and Biological Issues, ed. J. Weinrich and W. Paul(Beverly Hills: Sage, 1982).
4*. Adrian Brune, "City Gays Skip Long-term Relationships: Study Says," Washington Blade(February 27, 04): 12.
5*. M. Pollak, "Male Homosexuality," in Western Sexuality: Practice and Precept in Past and Present Times, ed. P. Aries and A. Bejin, translated by Anthony Forster(New York, NY: B. Blackwell, 1985): 40-61, cited by Joseph Nicolosi in Reparative Therapy of Male Homosexuality(Northvale, New Jersey: Jason Aronson Inc., 1991): 124, 125.
6*. "Largest Gay Study Examines 2004 Relationships," GayWire Latest Breaking Releases, www.glcensus.org.
7.http://www.csb.lv/lteksts.cfm?tem_kods=dem&datums=%7Bts%20'2005-05-25%2013%3A00%3A00'%7D
8*. Laumann, The Social Organization of Sexuality, 216; McWhirter and Mattison, The Male Couple: How Relationships Develop(1984): 252-253; Wiederman, "Extramarital Sex," 170.
9*. David P. McWhirter and Andrew M. Mattison, The Male Couple: How Relationships Develop(Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1984): 252, 253.
10*. Dan Black, et al., "Demographics of the Gay and Lesbian Population in the United States: Evidence from Available Systematic Data Sources," Demography 37(May 2000): 141.
11. http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/040615/d040615b.htm
12. http://www.catholiceducation.org/articles/homosexuality/ho0095.html
13*. Tavia Simmons and Martin O'Connell, "Married-Couple and Unmarried-Partner Households:2000," Census 2000 Special Reports(U.S. Census Bureau, February 2003), 4, Table 2. Online at: http:www.census.gov/prod/2003pubs/censr-5.pdf.
14*. Scott Shane, "Many Swedes Say 'I Don't' to Nuptials; Unions" Baltimore Sun(January 16, 2004): 1A.
15*. "OLR Backgrounder: Legal Recognition of Same-sex Partnerships," OLR Research Report(October 9, 2002): 1.
16*. A. P. Bell and M. S. Weinberg, Homosexualities: A Study of Diversity Among Men and Women(New York: Simon and Schuster, 1978), pp. 308, 309; See also A. P. Bell, M. S. Weinberg, and S. K. Hammersmith, Sexual Preference(Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1981).
17*. Xiridou, 1031.
18*: "Extent, Nature, and Consequences of Intimate Partner Violence," U.S. Department of Justice: Office of Justice Programs: 30; "Intimate Partner Violence," Bureau of Justice Statistics Special Report:11.
19. Blanchard R et al. Fraternal birth order and sexual orientation in pedophiles. Archives of Sexual Behavior 2000; 29: 463-78.
*- materiâli no http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=IS04C02