Published November 29th, 2011 by Future Atlas
Values: Attitudes toward Gay Rights
Thomas Barnett noted this map in a recent New York Times story, overlaying it with the boundaries based on his core-gap theory.
A few comments:
- Gay rights are a strong indicator of values progression, as theorized by Ronald Inglehart; “postmodern” societies tend to have strong gay rights.
- Barnett supposes a causal connection between global connectedness and acceptance of gays. I suspect the connections are secondary, with connectedness driving prosperity, which boosts the kind of societal security which breeds acceptance of nonconformity.
- This gay right map illustrates a broader pattern: religiosity generally varies inversely with morality at a societal level, if by morality one means how well people are treated. This is likely not a direct link, but more that poverty drives both intolerance and fervent religiosity (per Inglehart).
Image: New York Times / Thomas PM Barnett
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hell84 Says
why do you mark colombia in the redline, in this country the gay people has a lot of rights,
sadly no marriage and adoption but they are free, can live together , leave a heritage to their partner even the social security partner is recognized in the law, we have gay congressman etc i think you shoul correct that
Dec 13th, 2011 at 11:56 pm
Future Atlas Says
The red line outlines areas according to Barnett’s core-gap theory, not based on gay rights. He is just asserting some amount of agreement between the two factors.
Jan 18th, 2012 at 11:49 pm