Separating the 'Sinner' from the 'Sin':Religious Orientation and Prejudiced Behavior Toward Sexual Orientation and Promiscuous Sex

摘要

This study extends research on the relationship between religious orientation, sexual prejudice, and antipathytoward value-violating behaviors. If intrinsic religion leads individuals to "love the sinner but hate the sin,"homosexual sexually promiscuous targets should be treated similarly to heterosexual promiscuous targets. Onehundred female introductory psychology students were provided the opportunity to help two students. They had noinformation about the first student. The second student disclosed through a note that she was gay or said nothingabout sexual orientation, and further stated that she was sexually promiscuous or celibate. Participants scoringhigh in intrinsic religiousness helped the disclosing student less when she revealed she was sexually promiscuous,but did not help a gay discloser less than a straight discloser. High intrinsic scores seemed to be related toantipathy toward the value-violation, but not toward the gay person as an individual.