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We are grateful to Matthew Ansfield, Rebecca Haidt, Carie Little, Mark Shulman, Dan Wegner, and Tim Wilson for their helpful comments on the manuscript; and to Kim Kendziora and Paul Hastings for their advice on statistics and their constructive feedback. We are especially indebted to Lori Mielcarek for her help with the arduous task of coding and consensus rating.
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Sexual Morality: The Cultures and Emotions of Conservatives and Liberals1
Article first published online: 31 JUL 2006
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2001.tb02489.x
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Haidt, J. and Hersh, M. A. (2001), Sexual Morality: The Cultures and Emotions of Conservatives and Liberals. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 31: 191–221. doi: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2001.tb02489.x
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- Issue published online: 31 JUL 2006
- Article first published online: 31 JUL 2006
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Political conservatives and liberals were interviewed about 3 kinds of sexual acts: homosexual sex, unusual forms of masturbation, and consensual incest between an adult brother and sister. Conservatives were more likely to moralize and to condemn these acts, but the differences were concentrated in the homosexual scenarios and were minimal in the incest scenarios. Content analyses reveal that liberals had a narrow moral domain, largely limited to the “ethics of autonomy” (Shweder, Much, Mahapatra, & Park, 1997) while conservatives had a broader and more multifaceted moral domain. Regression analyses show that, for both groups, moral judgments were best predicted by affective reactions, and were not predicted by perceptions of harmfulness. Suggestions for calming the culture wars over homosexuality are discussed.
