Essay Sample on Sex Culture

Introduction

In the last few decades, there have been hot debates on whether to allow same-sex couples to date and marry. Many argue that sexuality is a normal and natural feeling and therefore no one can choose who to love. People express their feelings towards the gender they feel to attract them. In many universities, the culture is the same as out in the world because students feel that they should be allowed to express their feelings regardless of whether they are homosexual or heterosexual. The same-sex relationship in the United States began in 2004 and by 2015, it had expanded to all states due to various state legislation, direct votes, and state and federal court rulings. The sole purpose is to explore how different methods of collecting data can assist you in trying to better understand the culture of love/intimacy of a college you are not attending. The research will be conducted at the University of Miami which is composed of people from different cultures.

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Gender influences the identity of students at the University of Miami. Their sexuality shapes how others communicate with them and also how they communicate with others. Through socialization, one is able to learn and understand the different expectations and behaviors of different students in the university. Stereotypes in society are the characteristic of differences, race, sexual orientation, and gender attributes. Stereotypes are imposed generalizations upon groups of people because of their race, nationality, and sexual orientation, among others. But these characteristics tend to be oversimplifications of the groups involved. It can be positive or negative. Negative stereotypes cause major problems in society because most of the people feel that they are in the wrong place. For instance, if a person comes across a few people from a specific country and finds them to be reserved and quiet may spread the word that all citizens from a particular country are reserved and quiet. A simplification like this does not let for variety within groups and consequences are discrimination and stigmatization of groups if the stereotypes linked to them are largely negative. Having that in mind even so-called positive stereotypes can be harmful due to their limiting nature. Whether stereotypes are negative or positive, they should be avoided since it is a major problem in universities. The University of Miami is believed to be an elitist school. However, there are students who are from all over the world and hence the management tries to ensure that it creates opportunities for all people and all cultures. Despite the effort put by the management to ensure equality of all students, the minority such as the blacks from Africa feel that they do not belong to this school. It happens because they are left out of many school activities since the majority group feels that they are inferior. In the University of Miami, most students are able to describe their sexuality without fear. The students are diverse and everyone is accepted based on their sexuality. There are same-sex relationships whose members take part in the LGBTQ group while the religious students who also form their club and are equally accepted.

As soon as I visited the University of Miami, I searched for two days for the two respondents who would be kind enough to spare their time and describe their fellow students. Eventually, I found the two trusted respondent one was on her senior class and the other one was in sophomore class. The two were a male and a female. The data was collected using the survey method (questionnaire) where ten questions were administered to two respondents. The questions were about the attitudes toward culture, sex, gender, and sexuality. Include questions about leadership, abilities, rights, status, and power, among others. The questions asked were valid and relevant to the topic of study. The two respondents were able to an answer all the questions correctly which were used to conclude on their sexual orientation. Most of the respondents were familiar with terms relating to sexual identity and, it was easy for them to answer the questions.

The respondents classified students according to age group, sex, and sexual orientation. At the age groups of 10-18, most respondents are no sexually active and, hence most of them do not realize their sexual identity. However, these respondents were latent identifiers who believed that they belong to the heterosexual category. Many students (seven) were indicated that they are heterosexual and only two selected to be homosexual out of ten students. Only one respondent indicated to belong in the other category. In the 19-50 subgroup, out of the ten students, three indicated to be heterosexual and, four are homosexual (lesbian or gay). At the age of 19-50 people are old to realize who they are attracted to. In this subgroup, most students (four out of ten) indicated to attract to people of same sex. Three out of ten respondents in the same subgroup indicated to belong to the other category. In the last category, the respondents are old and, some view other sexuality as abnormal. They feel that being straight is their nature and therefore disliked the idea of being different. These individuals have never considered the possibility of belonging to another sexual identity other than heterosexual. Heterosexual respondents' answers were generally based on sexual behavior or sexual attraction.

Conclusion

Individual development of sexual identity varied to whether it occurred early or later in life. The case histories homosexual respondents indicated that they realized they were gay or lesbian at a younger age and remains consistent throughout their life. However, some who were not sexually active at a younger came to identify their category later. Late development of sexual identity was experienced among transgender or sexual minority participants. This means that if the same survey is conducted after five years, the results would be different as respondents would have changed their sexual identity. This shift may occur in bisexual or "other" respondents although it is caused by the type of relationship. However, homosexual respondents who are in a fixed relationship may remain in the same sexual identity. When a person changes from having a partner of the same sex to one of the opposite sex the response effect may not change. Some individuals get bored if the relationships endure longer and this may change their sexual identity.