Raising Children to Be (In-)Tolerant. Influence of Church, Education, and Society on Adolescents' Stance towards Queer People in Germany
Authored by Daniel M Mayerhoffer
Date Published: 2018
DOI: 10.12759/hsr.43.2018.1.144-167
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Abstract
There recently was a highly emotional debate in Germany regarding what
to teach children about sexual plurality; different actors accuse each
other of wrongful indoctrination. This paper presents a computational
model based on the results of the SINUS youth study 2016 indicating that
the dynamics of adolescents finding their own stance towards sexual
plurality are resilient towards external pressure by clerical or
government activities. Instead, civil society plays a strong role in the
process of children developing their own opinions. This underlines that
values in society can be reproduced between generations.
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Agent-based modelling
Adolescents
Social values
Sexual plurality
Church