Google, Tell Me. Is He Gay? Masculinity, Heterosexuality, and Gendered Anxieties in Google Search Queries about Sexuality. (April 2022)
- Record Type:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- Google, Tell Me. Is He Gay? Masculinity, Heterosexuality, and Gendered Anxieties in Google Search Queries about Sexuality. (April 2022)
- Main Title:
- Google, Tell Me. Is He Gay? Masculinity, Heterosexuality, and Gendered Anxieties in Google Search Queries about Sexuality
- Authors:
- Mishel, Emma
Bridges, Tristan
Caudillo, Mónica L. - Abstract:
- It is difficult to gauge people's acceptance about same-sex sexualities, as responses to questionnaires are prone to social desirability bias. We offer a new proxy for understanding popular concern surrounding same-sex sexualities: prevalence of Google searches demonstrating concern over gay/lesbian sexual identities. Using Google Trends data, we find that Google searches about whether a specific person is gay or lesbian show patterned bias toward masculine searches, in that such searches are much more frequently conducted about boys and men compared with girls and women. We put these findings into context by comparing search frequencies with other popular Google searches about sexuality and otherwise. We put forth that the patterned bias toward masculine searches illustrates support for the enduring relationship between masculinity and heterosexuality and that it does so on a larger scale than previous research has been able to establish.
- Is Part Of:
- Sociological perspectives. Volume 65:Number 2(2022)
- Journal:
- Sociological perspectives
- Issue:
- Volume 65:Number 2(2022)
- Issue Display:
- Volume 65, Issue 2 (2022)
- Year:
- 2022
- Volume:
- 65
- Issue:
- 2
- Issue Sort Value:
- 2022-0065-0002-0000
- Page Start:
- 241
- Page End:
- 261
- Publication Date:
- 2022-04
- Subjects:
- masculinity -- masculinities -- Google Trends -- hegemonic masculinity -- homophobia
Sociology -- Periodicals
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http://www.ucpress.edu/journals ↗ - DOI:
- 10.1177/07311214211001906 ↗
- Languages:
- English
- ISSNs:
- 0731-1214
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