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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHate Kills: How Homophobia Takes Years Off of Your Life
http://www.alternet.org/personal-health/hate-kills-how-homophobia-takes-years-your-lifeTheres a price to be paid for homophobia, and its a steep one: Approximately two and one-half years off of your life.
Thats the conclusion of a provocative new research paper, which examines the social attitudes and death rates of a large, representative sample of Americans over two recent decades.
We found evidence that anti-gay prejudice is associated with elevated mortality risk among heterosexuals, over and above multiple established risk factors, writes a research team led by Mark Hatzenbuehler of Columbia University. In particular, there was a 2.5-year life expectancy difference between individuals with high vs. low levels of anti-gay prejudice.
The cause, the researchers write in the American Journal of Public Health, may be homophobes higher stress levels. It appears all that intense discomfort takes a physical toll.
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Hate Kills: How Homophobia Takes Years Off of Your Life (Original Post)
xchrom
Feb 2014
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unblock
(52,489 posts)1. not soon enough.
sorry, that was mean, mean, mean
daleanime
(17,796 posts)2. K&R....
Heidi
(58,237 posts)3. Kick, kick, kick!!!!
And mornin', sunshine!
xchrom
(108,903 posts)4. Good Gracious -- how are you Dah-link?!?! i'm dressed for tornados today...
Kiss-Kiss, Dah-link!
Heidi
(58,237 posts)7. I _adore_ that your footwear
isn't white! Memorial Day will be here soon enough.
xchrom
(108,903 posts)8. GASP! Heaven Forbid! nt
ck4829
(35,096 posts)5. I'm sure that there are health risks involved when you are looking for specks in other people's eyes
Except you have a plank in your own.
And I'm willing to bet that if you looked at racists, sexists, hypocrites, moral entrepreneurs, etc., you would see something similar. Everyone else is a problem, everyone else has a problem, not them, not ever. And that could potentially lead to that belief becoming all-encompassing, and that some part of them believes they are the definition of good health (Because they envision that all the things they hate are not), and they really aren't healthy at all.