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Agustin Blanco

@blancobosco.bsky.social

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🏳️‍🌈 He/him - PhD student researching queer politics at UPF (Barcelona) and learning about survey methodology at RECSM & the European Social Survey

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Agustin Blanco @blancobosco.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

❗ New paper out in @ispp-pops.bsky.social! 😯 @bertous.bsky.social and I used a conjoint experiment to investigate whether name-based preferences influence adoption decisions. We take Catalonia as the case study, where linguistic boundaries overlap with contested political identities.

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Agustin Blanco @blancobosco.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Furthermore, our interactions showed a compounded effect between sexuality, relationship type and age difference. Both open and age-gap homosexual couples, especially those consisting of two men, were significantly less preferred than heterosexual couples with the same characteristics.

Marginal means interaction between sexuality of the couple and type of relationship.

Marginal means interaction between sexuality of the couple and age difference between partners.

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Agustin Blanco @blancobosco.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Our general model of marginal means revealed multiple layers of sexual prejudice within the Catalan society. Respondents showed significantly less preference for non-traditional relationships, including same-sex couples, and particularly open and age-gap relationships.

General marginal means model showing the effects of each characteristic of the experiment in the preference of respondents for a couple to adopt.

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Agustin Blanco @blancobosco.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

We conducted a conjoint experiment as part of the 2022 Sociopolitical Survey of the Centre d'Estudis d'Opinió in Catalonia. In this experiment, we asked 4,298 respondents to select one of two couples seeking to adopt a child, after evaluating different characteristics that were fully randomised.

Example table of the experiment. It includes characteristics such as names of partners (cue for sexual orientation), type of relationship (open/closed), age of partners, education level of partners, values and reason to adopt.

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Agustin Blanco @blancobosco.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

❗My first publication is out! Using a conjoint experiment with adoption solicitations, @bertous.bsky.social and I demonstrate that modern societies still exhibit prejudice against non-traditional relationships, including same-sex, open and age-gap couples More below and in @poqjournal.bsky.social

Abstract of the paper, it reads: How widespread is sexual liberalism in tolerant societies? Theoretical and descriptive evidence suggests an overall liberalization in societal views on topics such as women’s rights and homosexuality. Yet, relying on sexual norms theory, this study unveils persistent sexual prejudice. We differentiate between “normalized” sexual issues, like same-gender marriage, which have gained mainstream acceptance, and “nonnormalized” issues, such as nontraditional sexual practices and relationships, which remain stigmatized. Through a conjoint experiment in Catalonia, Spain, we investigate public attitudes toward adoptive parents with varying sexual orientations, relationship types, and age differences, confirming that discriminatory preferences are prevalent in contexts with low social desirability. By highlighting the continued prejudice against both normative and nonnormative sexual issues, this research contributes to our understanding of the dynamics of sexual attitudes and the challenges facing LGBTQ+ politics and rights.

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Agustin Blanco @blancobosco.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Hope this is their final answer.

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Agustin Blanco @blancobosco.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Super excited to be publishing my very first paper soon and with my amazing friend @bertous.bsky.social 😍 We discovered that societies seen as sexually modern or open still show many prejudices towards non-normative relationships. We will tell you more about the research shortly 👀

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Agustin Blanco @blancobosco.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

What’s even more worrying is that the party allows transphobic feminists in positions of power to link queer identities with sex work and surrogacy in order to gain support from other party members, especially women. Sex work and surrogacy deserve fair debates and this strategy is very dangerous.

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Agustin Blanco @blancobosco.bsky.social · 24/10/2023

Pequeños pasos 🥰

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