Gabriel Nabarrete

Sexuality

Methods

"It Goes Hand and Hand with Parties," was data received from interviews of 87 undergraduate men and women enrolled at the University of Illinois at Chicago from August 2010-May 2012. 74 interviews were conducted on male and female students that associated themselves as being heterosexual and to add a twist 13 interviews were conducted on students that identified themselves as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or queer. 61 percent of the participants are nonwhite having more female than male respondents. 80 percent of the participants are between the age of 18-23 years of age and 50 percent of participants are single and the other 50 percent are in relationships. 70 percent live off campus, 22 percent live on campus and 11 percent live in walking distance to campus. 45 percent of the participants are from working class families.

 

Race, Religion, and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage analysis from GSS (General Social Survey) from 1988, and 2004-2008. With this data, the analysis of age cohorts ranging from 1940-1965 and later. Gender binary was also used to compare women and men responses. Races in this data where from Whites, African Americans, and others. African Americans showing a huge divide versus the attitude of whites as time has shown a significant decreased in objectivity and the African Americans has not shown significant changes. The data showed stronger religious ties with the African American Baptist denomination. Political views and education attainment were also used in the survey.

Findings

 

"It Goes Hand and Hand with Parties,"

Findings from this article came with the term "hooking up." This article focused on the level of sexual activity happening within our college campuses, so we as sociologist want to know what are the factors in this behavior. Results have found that this is a life for privileged individuals that have the financial backing to live on campus. Research showed that white students, male or female fit this category more than any other racial group. Is this true? The counterpart would be that of Hispanics, which come from working class households, and more times than not take on part-time jobs to finance their education. College life at home comes with accountability from parents versus the life of living on campus away from home. Based off this information, research makes a lot of sense. Along with sharing dorms with that of the opposite sex allowing more frequent encounters and opportunities for the life style of hooking up. How does religion play a part in this study? Students that live on or off campus having strong religious backing choose not to engage in this life style.  

Race, Religion, and Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage

Seeking out the contributing factors for the gap in attitudes between that of Whites and African Americans. Political views and education in the survey showed results for the African Americans having no significant differences versus that of the White American showing a result of significant changing of attitude. Are African Americans being taught something different in college? The research did not cover this question, but the results from African Americans that did attend college showed no change in attitude and this may be due to their strong ties with continued religion affiliation. What is creating a big drift in church affiliation amongst the White and other Americans? In the pre-industrial era, we had more traditions within families versus that of post-industrial era. Other contributing factors may be the financial burden many Americans are having today. Families have both parents working and sometimes they work two jobs to make ends meet leaving little leisure time for church affiliation.