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Raising Children to Be (In-)Tolerant: Influence of Church, Education, and Society on Adolescents' Stance towards Queer People in Germany
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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... view more
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.... view less
Keywords
education; opinion formation; attitude formation; tolerance; sexuality; value-orientation; Federal Republic of Germany; influence; simulation; gender; adolescent; model; religious socialization
Classification
Social Psychology
Women's Studies, Feminist Studies, Gender Studies
Free Keywords
Agent-based modelling; social values; adolescents; sexual plurality; church
Document language
English
Publication Year
2018
Page/Pages
p. 144-167
Journal
Historical Social Research, 43 (2018) 1
Issue topic
Agent-Based Modeling in Social Science, History, and Philosophy
DOI
https://doi.org/10.12759/hsr.43.2018.1.144-167
ISSN
0172-6404
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed