Acceptance of homosexuality in the Netherlands

To date, relatively little systematic research has been carried out on public attitudes to homosexual men and women in the Netherlands - far less than in the United States, for example. SCP has recently carried out a large-scale survey of the attitudes of the Dutch public to homosexuality; this was published earlier this year under the title Just doing what comes naturally. Acceptance of homosexuality in the Netherlands (Gewoon doen. Acceptatie van homoseksualiteit in Nederland). Staff from the Rutgers Nisso Groep, the Dutch expert centre on sexuality, carried out a literature review for this survey, the results of which are set out in this working document. The study looks at which questions are important for studying attitudes to homosexuality. It also explores the possible explanations for negative attitudes to homosexuality and what the consequences of this are for gay men and women.