GENDER DIFFERENCES IN ATTITUDES TOWARD HOMOSEXUALITY - A REPLY TO WHITLEY AND KITE

B. E. Whitley and M. E. Kite (1995) included additional studies of gen der differences in attitudes toward homosexuality in their meta-analys is in part because they located additional studies but also because th ey included studies that did not match our (M. B. Oliver and J. S. Hyd e, 1993) definition of constructs or that contained insufficient infor mation for correct computation of effect sizes. Regarding attitudes ab out civil liberties for homosexuals, our results (d = .00) and theirs (d = .04) agree: There are no gender differences. Regarding general at titudes about homosexuality, Whitley and Kite's effect size (d = .26) is larger than ours (d = -.01) but is based on some inflated computati ons of d and on the addition of numerous samples of college students. The existence and magnitude of a gender difference in general attitude s toward homosexuality are still open questions.