before them, grew up in eras where they saw homosexuality was still classified under a medical model as a mental disorder. Similarly, they lived in times where it was acceptable for the police to harass lesbians and gays, and in general to display homonegative affects and behaviors. Individuals growing up and being raised in a society where gays are more accepted would be more socially conditioned to accept homosexuality. Similarly, individuals who grew up and were raised to believe that some/all aspects of homosexuality are in some part wrong would be more secure in those beliefs. The older an individual is (or the longer they spent in a time period where homonegativity was more acceptable) the more homonegative attitudes they will continue to display.

Political Ideology

     Research has supported that homonegativity is positively correlated to the level of political conservativism a person displays (Whitcomb 2001). Heaven and Oxman (1999) found that males were more likely display conservative attitudes and that these attitudes correlated strongly with homonegativity. Among members of the military Marine Corps, researchers found that homonegativity and conservative attitudes correlated strongly (Estrada 1999). There is a clear positive relationship between politically conservative attitudes and homonegativity.

                                     Hypotheses

      Based on the literature review and corresponding theoretical framework built for this study, the following relationships are believe to be demonstrated by the data:

*    Individuals with more traditional gender role ideologies will have more
     homonegative attitudes.
*    Males will display more traditional gender role ideologies than females.