Individual Presentation or Panel Title
Surrendering the Innocence: Attitudes about Sexuality Based on Ethnicity
Abstract
The research will be conducted to sociologically examine the possible correlation between how differing aspects of ethnicity affect views on sexuality. The question I will be attempting to answer is: How do attitudes about sexuality vary among females with different racial/ethnic identities? In this research I will explore various individuals’ experiences and the construction of their attitudes towards sexuality. Using this information, I will see varying attitudes among females with different racial/ethnic identities. Differing aspects of how the view of sexuality is influenced includes: virginity, culture, gender roles, religion, sexual behavior, and sexual orientation. I will attempt to answer how these attitudes vary amongst women of different ethnic identities. The method that will be implemented will be a ethnographical approach by conducting semi-structured interviews. An intensive analysis of these interviews will be done, to see the connections and differences of factors that will hopefully be seen of each participant’s experience. This work is significant in the sense the research will broaden society’s knowledge of sexuality, and benefits the work being done on the intersectionality of ethnicity/race, sexuality, and identity.
Location
Janney Lounge
Start Date
3-5-2014 1:30 PM
End Date
3-5-2014 2:20 PM
Surrendering the Innocence: Attitudes about Sexuality Based on Ethnicity
Janney Lounge
The research will be conducted to sociologically examine the possible correlation between how differing aspects of ethnicity affect views on sexuality. The question I will be attempting to answer is: How do attitudes about sexuality vary among females with different racial/ethnic identities? In this research I will explore various individuals’ experiences and the construction of their attitudes towards sexuality. Using this information, I will see varying attitudes among females with different racial/ethnic identities. Differing aspects of how the view of sexuality is influenced includes: virginity, culture, gender roles, religion, sexual behavior, and sexual orientation. I will attempt to answer how these attitudes vary amongst women of different ethnic identities. The method that will be implemented will be a ethnographical approach by conducting semi-structured interviews. An intensive analysis of these interviews will be done, to see the connections and differences of factors that will hopefully be seen of each participant’s experience. This work is significant in the sense the research will broaden society’s knowledge of sexuality, and benefits the work being done on the intersectionality of ethnicity/race, sexuality, and identity.