Sex and Sexuality: Interviews

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Interviewing the seven individuals that agreed to participate was very interesting. I had expected everyone to feel uncomfortable and not provide very in depth answers. At first it seemed that my prediction was right. Answers were short, vague, and it had made them feel uncomfortable. However, as the interview progressed they felt more comfortable with the questions, and after asking all the questions, many of them decided to go back to previous questions so that they were able to elaborate more because they were now thinking more in depth on the topic and questions that they never really thought about before. Patterns that rose from the interview included the most important themes discussed before marriage and what a healthy sexual relationship, with differences being how they learned about sex and sexuality and their opinion on what would make it easier for people to talk about sex due to their gender, life experiences, and culture.
There were seven individuals that I had interviewed, which consist of four females and three males. Subject A is an 18-year-old single female who came from Hispanic origin. Subject B is a 20-year-old single Caucasian male. Subject C is a 23-year-old single mother with a five-year old son with a Palauan origin. Subject D is a 19-year-old single Filipino female. Subject E is a 19-year-old Filipino female who is currently in a long-term relationship. Subject F is a 20-year-old single Japanese male who has never been in a relationship. Lastly, subject G is a 20-year-old previous engaged Caucasian male. All participants are heterosexual, and have been born and raised in the United Sates.
When asked “How did you learn about sex and sexuality?” I noticed that there was not a trend in the me...

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...t I had found however was that only two of the five had scored above the 26.2. Subjects C and F had scored a 29 and 30 respectively, and also to my surprise, the individual with the highest score was female. Subjects A, B, D, E, and G had scored under 26.2, with Subject E scoring significantly lower, with a 10. From the results of the Inventory as well as the intwerview, I feel that I can conclude that majority individuals born in the 90’s have a more conservative attitude.

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