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Socialarbetares attityder till homo- och bisexuella personer
AttitudesSocial workHomosexualityBisexualityHeteronormativityQueer theoryPowerLGBTQAttityderSocialt arbeteHomosexualitetBisexualitetHeteronormativitetQueerteoriMaktHBTQ
The purpose of this study is to identify and make attitudes among social workers towards homosexual and bisexual people visible, examine how these attitudes relate to their actions in their professional role and how these attitudes and actions can be understood by theories of heteronormativity and power. The study is a cross-sectional quantitative survey in the form of a questionnaire completed by social workers. The result shows that there are two groups among the social workers. One larger group that reproduces a norm of acceptance toward homosexual and bisexual people and one smaller that reproduces a heterosexual norm. This reproduction of heteronormativity increases the risk for homosexual and bisexual people to be made invisible and treated more negatively in contact with social workers, which in turn can lead to worse health among the clients.