Notice of RetractionResearch on the attitude of normal university students to homosexuality

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Aims: To explore the factors which affect Normal University students´ attitude toward homosexuality. Method: Questionnaires were distributed to Normal University Students. A total of 621 heterosexuals with 144 males and 477 females completed the questionnaires. Result: On the revised version of Attitude Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Scale, boys had more scores than girls, and participants had more scores toward male homosexuality than female homosexuality. Attitudes toward sex, other ways of sexual intercourse in addition to penis-vagina mode are positively correlated to attitude toward homosexuality and attitude on social morality is negatively correlated to attitude about homosexuality. Feminine girls had more scores than masculine girls on the revised version of Attitude Toward Lesbians and Gay Men Scale. Conclusion: 1. Contrast to girls, boys hold more negative attitude to homosexuality. 2. students have more negative attitude toward male homosexuals. 3. Feminine girls have more negative attitude on male homosexuality than masculine girls.