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Eric Anderson
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Professor of sociology, Department of Sports Studies, University of Winchester, England. Author of In the Game: Gay Athletes and the Cult of Masculinity, Inclusive Masculinity: The Changing Nature of Masculinities, The Monogamy Gap: Men, Love, and the Reality of Cheating, and others.

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Homophobia, culturally produced fear of or prejudice against homosexuals that sometimes manifests itself in legal restrictions or, in extreme cases, bullying or even violence against homosexuals (sometimes called “gay bashing”). The term homophobia was coined in the late 1960s and was used…
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