Level of Homophobia among Adult, Educated, Heterosexual Citizens of Kolkata for the Different Sexual Orientations (original) (raw)
2018, Research Revolution
Abstract: - The present study was conducted on 44 female participants and 64 male participants from the city of Kolkata, India. As a prerequisite condition of the study Bachelor Degree was minimum educational qualification of participants & most of the participants believes the sexual orientation is a mere individual choice and the reason behind such choice is just a matter of pleasure. According to study most of the participants believe homosexual, bisexual and transgender are pervert and psychologically abnormal. However most outrageous fact is most of the participants are not determined about the ‘origin of homosexuality’ and they are juggling between Eastern world and Western world. Meanwhile according to most of the urban educated individuals the homosexuality is ‘treatable’ and with proper medicine and counseling it can be ‘cured’. The cruelest reality is even after scientific explanation the mere ‘tolerance level’ remains different for different kind of sexual orientation. However, study shows heterosexual men are less tolerant then heterosexual women. Similar study should be conducted on urban, uneducated population and both rural educated and uneducated population for the sake of a comprehensive picture. Here media and education system can play a huge role especially as awareness building mechanism tools and should stop mocking sexual minorities on different social platform.
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