This is rather different than my usual content, but I was inspired to do this by a conversation I had on here. Today I’m going to talk about a weirdly homophobic psychology textbook I had. I no longer have the original book, but I was able to track it down as a PDF.

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The book in question is Psychology, Ninth Edition, by David G. Myers; published in 2010. So this is a fairly recent book, but it still has some rather outlandish stereotypes and outdated ideas. 2/

Although this book has weird ideas on many groups, I’m going to specifically focus on its thoughts on LGBTQ+ people. 3/

First, let’s start with gay people. The section on sexual motivation, begins by saying most gay people don’t know they’re gay until their 20s, which is not the case for most gay people I’ve ever spoken to. Perhaps it thinks they don’t know they’re gay until they come out? 4/

You may notice that it cites Michael Bailey and Kenneth Zucker, both of whom are homophobic and transphobic researchers who have been heavily condemned by the rest of their field. It will also cite Ray Blanchard later, aka the weird chaser guy. 5/