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doi: 10.1037//0021-843x.105.3.440

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[–] dustyData@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

It is also controversial because sexual arousal is far from the only reason men have erections.

This study is an example, there's an alternate interpretation that affirms homophobia is actually the result of repressed sexuality, in general. Thus any sexual stimuli would be arousing. Thus causing an erection, regardless of the gender displayed, and irrespective of the person's sexual orientation.

This tracks with the fact that almost all homophobes are politically conservative, tend to be highly religious, or are very young and immature. They all coincide with environments prone to sexual repression.

The other variation is that anger also causes arousing.

This study was too small to control for those kind of factors.