"Homosexual occupations" in Mesoamerica?
Data gathered among self-identified homosexual men in Guatemala City and Mexico City call into question the intrinsic connection between homosexuality and occupational choice posited by Whitam and Mathy (1986). Concentrations of homosexual men in some occupations can be explained as effects of discrimination and of the normal transmission through personal networks of information about job opportunities, and does not require recourse to any innate drive for homosexual men to be actors, hairdressers or interior decorators.
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El Instituto Obregón, San Francisco, CA 94107-3239.
D006166:Guatemala; D006716:Homosexuality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico; D009790:Occupations; D011287:Prejudice; D012649:Self Concept; D013240:Stereotyping