Homophobia served as a cross-culturally neutral prejudice measure

Evidence

We used the ATH Scale as our measure of prejudice because the Manitoba Ethnocentrism Scale was developed to measure “white” prejudice, and specifically mentions “people from India,” Jews, and Arabs. In contrast, homosexuals are a minority group common to all the cultures involved. — Bob Altemeyer, The Authoritarian Specter, 2166

Categorization

• QUESTION: Methodological insight worth chasing: anti-gay prejudice used as a culturally portable index of authoritarianism across Hindu, Jewish, Muslim samples.