What’s Gender and Sexual Orientation Got to Do with It? Moral Attributions Towards Herpes-Positive Targets

This 2 (observer gender) x 3 (observer sexual orientation) x 8 (target gender x target sexual orientation x STD awareness) between-subjects study investigates purity, disgust, and harm evaluations in 8 different hypothetical sexual behavior scenarios. Results demonstrate male and female observers make significantly different disgust attributions towards heterosexual targets.