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Social psychology

the lay belief that gay men resemble heterosexual women and lesbians resemble heterosexual men, shown in the traits people ascribe to them.

In social psychology, implicit inversion theory refers to the lay belief that gay men resemble heterosexual women and lesbians resemble heterosexual men, shown in the traits people ascribe to them. This meaning comes from Kite (1987) in Psychology of Women Quarterly.[1]

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Kite, M. E., & Deaux, K. (1987). Gender Belief Systems: Homosexuality and the Implicit Inversion Theory. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 11(1), 83-96. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-6402.1987.tb00776.x

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