Essay On Gregory Herek

In this age where the rights and societal views of the norm have changed considerably transsexuals, transgenders and everything in between, Dr. Gregory Herek looks to find out how this movement has come to be looked at in the eyes of heterosexual males and females To be more specific, Herek looks into the negative attitudes of heterosexual males and females and attempts to find correlations between their standings in religion, political views, educational levels and financial standings to hopefully understand why their views are the way they are. Personal demographic data pools aside, Herek looks to find if perhaps these opinions are based off of assumptive societal norms and expectations. He does this by taking into consideration the gender

However, because the data pool itself was limited only to the United States, the outcome and conclusion will be specific only to the US circumstance. The population included: “…a probability sample of English speaking, self-identified heterosexual adults (≥ 18 years of age) residing in, and citizens of, the United States. The sample was drawn from the Knowledge Networks (KN) panel, …[containing] U.S. residents who were recruited through random-digit dialing (RDD) methods.” Because the questions were heavily based more on personal preferences in regards to their ideals, having such a large sample pool allows for almost all variances in between political, religious standings to be accounted for. The questions asked also included one for their own sexual preference, to account for whether or not being homosexual can affect the attitude toward the transgender community. Potential participants, using the KN method for sample pooling, were contacted via email allowing for their response to be given in the time they chose to be acceptable. Once the pool was established, the survey itself became focused on emotion, in which it focused heavily on the thermometer way of getting