The attitudes towards homosexuality among college students大学生对同性恋的态度

TheattitudestowardshomosexualityamongcollegestudentsAbstractForthegrowingconcernofthehomosexualityproblemamongcollegestudents,wedesignedaquestionnairetoinvestigatetherealsituationofChinesecollegestudents.Fromthe651questionnaires,weknowthattheproblemofhomosexualityisseriousandmanystudentsdon’tknowhowtotreatthisprobleminarightway.Keywords:homosexuality,society,ethics1.IntroductionWiththerapiddevelopmentofthecontemporaryera,Chinesestudentsmastermoreknowledgethanbefore,asaresult,moreandmorecollegestudentsareeagertostandonexplorationoftheirownsexualorientation,genderidentity,andsexualpreference.ButthemandatoryconstraintsofChina'straditionalcultureofthemainstreamofsocietyandethics,makessomehomosexualstudentsinthiswayputinatightspot.Comparedtolesbian,gayissueismoreseriousintheuniversityofChina.What’smore,thissituationismoreseriousinthepolytechnicschoollikeourschool.AccordingtothedataprovidedbytheRedCrossofJiangsuProvince,thesituationofNanjingisnotoptimistic.SowedesignedaquestionnairetoinvestigatetherealsituationofNanjing.Andtheresultsshowthatsomehomosexualstudentsarequitedifficultandlotofpeopledon'tunderstandthissortofperson.Whatistherealsituationofthisstudentsandhowshouldwetreattheminarightway?ThestudyreportedhereattemptedtoexplorethisissueandprovidesomesuggestionsbyconductingasurveyallovertheschoolsinNanjing.Thepaperisorganizedasfollows:Firstthemethodologyisdescribed,especiallythecontentofthequestionnaire,thentheresultsobtainedandtheirsignificancearediscussed,2.MethodologyAsurveywasconductedinAprilandlastaweekwiththehelpofourfriends.Sample TheobjectofthestudyisthecollegeStudentsfromdifferentschoolsinNanjing.N=651MaleFemale

liberalartsScience39.63%60.37%32.41%67.59%,QestionnaireThereareatotalof10questionsinthequestionnaire,whichcanbeclassifiedintothreepartsaccordingtothecontent.Q1toQ3aredesignedfortheidentityoftheparticipants,258boysand393girlshavejoinedus.87.56%ofthemareFreshmen,5.38%ofthemareSophomores，and2.30%ofthemarein

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university.Therearealsosomegraduatestudentsparticipatedinourinvestigation.Besides.Amongthesestudents,211arestudentsofliberalartsandothersaresciencestudents.Q4andQ5wereusedtointroducehowthestudentswhoparticipatedinthesurveycontactwiththegaysandtheproportionofthehomosexualityaroundthem.3）Q6toQ10weredesignedtoknowstudents’attitudetowardshomosexuality.InQ6,wewanttoknowhowtheytreatgayfriendsandrelatives.Q7wastoexplorethesourceofhomosexuality.Moreover,Q8wasthesimplestbutmostbasic,itsdirectpurposewastoaskeveryoneabouttheirattitudestohomosexuality.InQ9,Wesetupasensitivequestionwhichdirectlybroughttheanswersintothescene.Finally,Q10wasarelativelypopulartopicaboutgayriage.3.ResultsAccordingtostatistics，therapidydevelopingonlinemediaisthemostcommonwayforpeopletoknowhomosexuality.Ontheotherhand,somemoviesandbooksalsogivethemmessagestosomeextent.Ofcourse,therewerealsoaroundhalfofthepeoplechoosingotherwaysnotexcludingthepossibilitythattheymighthearfromsomenews.However,theanswertothefifthquestionisquitebeyondourexpectationsinthatactuallymorethanhalfofthepeoplehavegayfriendsandrelatives.Whatasurprise!TotheSixthquestion,mostofthemsaidtheywouldbeapproachableasbefore,buttherewerestillsomepeoplechoosingtobeawayfromthehomosexuality.Therewereevensomestudentswhochosetoignorethem.What’smore,Aboutthesourceofhomosexuality,morethanhalfthoughtthiswasduetogeneticdecisionwhilesomethoughtthiswasaconsequenceofthedisappointmentoftheoppositesex.But158studentsalsoholdtheviewthatthesepersonswerejustseekingstimulation.Hereisthetable.InQ8,everybody'sopinionisnotunified,almosthalfthepeoplechosenottointerfereinthelivesofothers.Ofcourse,therewerealsoalotofpeoplechosetorespecttrueloveregardlessofthegender.However,therewerestillalotofpeoplefirmlyopposedtohomosexuality.Someeventhoughtitwasadisease.Theanswertotheninthquestionalsosurprisedusinthataconsiderablepartofthepeoplesaidthattheywouldagreethepursuitofhomosexuality.Butmostpeoplechosethedeclineinaproperway.Inevitably,someone’sattitudewouldbetough.Asfortheproblemofmarriagelegalization，halfthepeopleexpressedsupportforitwhilenearly

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nothing.4.conclusionsInthecourseofhistory,homosexualitywasonceregardedasakindofvirus.Intheyear2001,withthepublicationofthethirdeditionoftheChineseClassificationandDiagnosticCriteriaofMentalDisorders,homosexualityisnolongerregardedasapsychoticdisorder.However,fromoursurvey,therearestillalotofstudentsbiasedagainsthomosexuality.Homosexualityisagroupingreatneedofourconcern,especiallycollegestudentswhoaregays.Theirlifeisfullofmisery,theyhavetofacethechaseoffeelings.Intheexternalenvironment,therearemanyproblemsfromthefamily,psychology,ethicsandlaw.ChineseAcademyofSocialSciences,Dr.LiYinhesaid:"beingpartofasociety,theChineseUniversity,iscloselylinkedtothetheenvironmen.thisgroupofGaystudentsishuge,thecorrectunderstandingandguidingthepublicopiniontothehomosexuallove,shouldbesetinthefirstplaceoftheeducation.Theschoolshouldbeopentotalkaboutandfaceitratherthanavoidit.ThiswillmaketheChinasocialattitudeshavelong-termeffectsonhomosexuality."Ontheotherhand,gaycollegestudentsfacingtheindifferencefromthemainstreamsociety,homosexualsaregrowinginmood,hidinginthedarkcorner,anddarenottostanduptofightfortheirrightsandlegalstatus.Therefore,thesocietyshouldholdascientificandrealisticattitudetowardshomosexuality.Atthesametime,therelevantgovernmentdepartmentsshouldstrengthenthesupervisionofgayvenues,toavoidbusinessesmisleadingpeopleespeciallycollegestudentstobehomosexuality.Collegesshouldsetuppsychologicalcounselingagencies,accordingtothedifferentsituationofthestudents,inthefaceofstudentoriented,correctlyguidetheorientationofthestudents.References[1]Fitzgibbons,R.InHomose