Old-fashioned and modern prejudice toward gay men: a study within an Italian context

Sexual prejudice is considered one of the most deeply held prejudices in European countries. The way to express prejudice has changed, according to researches that underlines social norms now consider blatant prejudice unacceptable. We examine whether attitudes toward homosexual male people consist of two forms. The classical and the modern prejudice, where the classical is overt and blatant and the modern is more subtle and covert, were investigated.