Scores on Negative Attitudes scale
                                        (note, the highest score is 50 -most negative)
 

                                                           Respondent Sex
 

                                                         Female              Male
 

Attitudes towards:

Lesbians                                             27.27               29.34
 

Gay men                                            30.43               35.84
 
 
 
 

From Herek (2000)
 

                              % reporting feeling "very uncomfortable" with a gay man or lesbian
 

                                                                            Respondent

                                                        Female                                 Male
 

Asked about:

   A lesbian                                          17%                                     9%

   A gay man                                          8%                                    17%