Stigmas In Relation To Gender And Age Essay

In my research I used an inductive approach to answer my question; “how are stigmas on sexuality affected in relation to gender and age?”. In my results I expected to find a correlation between the responses and the respondents age or gender. I selected several questions that were designed to reveal these differences. The survey was composed of twenty-one questions, the first two being demographic questions about age and gender. The third questions was one of two questions that were not obligatory to answer. It was the respondent’s present sexuality. This was done to see if the respondent would willingly respond to the question. At the end of the survey there was a question about their comfort level on discussing their sexuality.

I noticed my own discomfort with other people noticing what I was looking at. I felt at unease when people would look at my screen when I researched sexuality and other related topics. This really made me evaluate my own standards and beliefs concerning this topic. My research required me to research sexuality in North America and other countries. There was one particular article that compared and contrasted the United States, (US), vs Sweden. It concluded that Sweden’s more relaxed approach to sexual education resulted in a dramatic difference to the US. “The teenage birth rate in Sweden is 7 per 1,000 births, compared with 49 per 1,000 births in the United States.” This fact was even more impacting when I read that Sweden students were more tolerant towards premarital sexual relations. My results revealed a startling perception that I was unaware of. I had four situational questions with a couple of varying ages and genders. When the women was thirty-nine and the male was nineteen more people responded that this was appropriate then when it was reversed. It was the opposite when the ages were forty and sixty. People responded that it was appropriate more when the male was