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18 November 2020 Disgust and disgust-driven moral concerns predict support for restrictions on transgender bathroom access
Matthew E. Vanaman, Hanah A. Chapman
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Abstract

Many U.S. states have proposed policies that restrict bathroom access to an individual's birth sex. These policies have had widespread effects on safety for transgender and gender-nonconforming people, as well as on state economies. In this registered report, we assessed the role of disgust in support for policies that restrict transgender bathroom access. We found that sensitivity to pathogen disgust was positively associated with support for bathroom restrictions; sexual and injury disgust were unrelated. We also examined the role of disgust-driven moral concerns, known as purity concerns, as well as harm-related moral concerns in support for bathroom restrictions. While concerns about harm to cisgender and transgender people predicted support for bathroom restrictions, purity was a much stronger predictor. Also, purity partially mediated the link between pathogen disgust and support for bathroom restrictions, even after accounting for harm concerns. Findings and implications are discussed.

Matthew E. Vanaman and Hanah A. Chapman "Disgust and disgust-driven moral concerns predict support for restrictions on transgender bathroom access," Politics and the Life Sciences 39(2), 200-214, (18 November 2020). https://doi.org/10.1017/pls.2020.20
Published: 18 November 2020
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KEYWORDS
bathroom bills
disgust
emotion
harm
moral psychology
political policy
purity
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