Empirical Reaserch

For this project surveys have been taken in Southern California at Cal State Fullerton, in Northern California at University of the Pacific, and in a Southern California High School. There were a total of 109 surveys given and answered. It was interesting to see the results for these three different locations. It can be seen that sexuality can go in various directions from sex and gender to being sexually active. It was done like this because it said that in Northern California the view on homosexuals and homosexual relationships are more accepted than here in Southern California.

The results varied a lot, starting with the sexuality sex survey done in all three locations. All 109 participants said to be heterosexual, the ages ranged between 15 to 26 and over. Taking this survey were 57 males and only 52 females. With the sexual questions asked on this survey many responded that their first sexual intercourse encounter was when they were between the ages of 13 to 18. It was the teenage years, as it can be seen times have changed a lot. Before individuals did not have sex until marriage. The question may be, “why are teenagers having sex at such a young age?,” it might because of peer pressure, to show that they are grown up, or simply to experience what sex is. In the survey done in a high school class of 32, 17 of those students answered that they had had sex between 13-18 years of age. For these teenagers it is experiencing and performing oral sex since 27 out of 32 have given or received oral from their partners. It is shown that teenagers like to perform sex more aggressively as it results that 26 out of 32 like to have sex in a violent and rough matter. What ever happened to the sweet, gentle touch you ask? It seems that all of that is now left to be done by the young adults and adults in their early twenties. Although high school teenagers are highly sexuality active they have responded that they do regret having sex with the first person they ever slept with. Lets now compare Northern California to Southern California. In this case results were about the same, one of the questions was whether a person had more than one orgasm per day; well, the results show that certainly there were more people that said yes rather than no. It was 13 out of 25 in NorthCal and 33 out of 52 in SoCal. Another questions was whether a person fantasized about having sex with another person of the same sex in both locations it was interesting to see that the ones that answered yes were females. Of course it has been heard that males enjoy watching these types of actions, but do females really enjoy this type of behavior? With this then the question is are you willing to have group sex, 5 out 25 in NorthCal said that they sure would because they have done. On the other hand, in SoCal 5 out of 52 individuals have performed group sex. What was the cause of all this, of having to regret sleeping with someone, of having sex with more than one partner in one night? Could it be that individuals have had sex while being intoxicated? The survey shows that in NorthCal 17 out of 25 individuals had sex while being intoxicated and 25 out 52 in SoCal. These numbers are a little more than have of the individuals surveyed.

Another survey was given out in Southern California in which there were only 25 participants. The questions on this survey now were based on sexual orientation. There were ten males, fourteen females, and one individual that decided not to answer. The ages were between sixteen to thirty and one person older than thirty. With four main ethnic backgrounds individuals responded to how they identified with their sexual orientation. Answers included, straight as an arrow, haven’t experienced it, some answers showed doubt, and others simply stated that they were dating the opposite sex and that is how they identified with their sexual orientation. In terms of whether or not homosexual behavior affects society many people responded in saying that it affects more the older generations. Stating that we make a big deal and often times judge those that have a different sexual orientation. Is it because we were taught to see this issue with a negative lenses or is this really the way we feel? Although for many young adults it does not affect them personally, unless there is someone in the family with this situation. One participant said that it does affect her/him because members of the family are gay and it causes the family to be in a situation where they begin to separate. When asking what the view on same sex sexuality there were different responses, a few said that they don’t mind, it is their sexuality, it is what God intended it to be, they support it, others said that it is wrong and are fully against it. A lot of individuals responded that many young kids are having sex unprotected and are running a risk of catching one of the many diseases out there, when asked about their thoughts on a person being sexually active. Many said that it should be done with responsibilities and base it to whether a person is ready or not. Another question was what a person thought society’s views on same sex sexuality was and many responded that it should be accepted and tolerated.



An interview with a young Hispanic man age 17 was done to see his thoughts on sexuality was also done.

I asked how he defined his sexuality in terms of being straight or gay.

He immediately answered, that he loves girls and that he would never be consider gay, that it is not accepted in his culture and within his family. He said that masculinity is what defines many men in his family and that he has to keep it always.

The next question I asked was, what are your thoughts on homosexual relationships?

With a face of disgust he said that, gay couples should not be allowed. “Men are born to get women and that’s it, it is not to be a man with a man.” I then asked what he thought about lesbian couples. He answered with a more general response and what most men would probably say. “It’s hot when two girls make out especially if they are fine.”

I said, for you it is all right to see two women together, but it is not okay to see two men together?

He responds, “Yes, it is very different when it comes to the lesbian girls. It would be a guy’s fantasy to be with two girls like that.”

With that we moved on to the next question, which was, “when was the first time you had sex? Why did you have sex?”

The young teen thought about it for a little bit and then answered, “I was fourteen when I first had sex it was with my first girlfriend. I had sex because I wanted to experience what sex was like. I didn’t know what to expect, but my father always told me that to be a man I had to sleep with as many women as I could.”

“With how many girls have you slept with and would you say that you have slept with girls just to show your masculinity?”

Giggling and starting to count with his fingers he said, “With more than my fingers can count, it was been over ten. Yeah I think so, my friends and I are always telling each other that we can have sex with any girl we want to and prove it.”

I asked him, if the girls were girlfriends, friends, or just girls he met in one night. If he used protection with any of these girls and he said that most of the time he did not. He did not think about what the consequences could be. He stated that many of the girls he had sex with were just friends.

Moving to female sexuality I asked, “How do you see the opposite sex?”

Thinking about it for a few seconds, he said, “girls are sweet, but they are naive they will believe what any guy will tell them. They are not strong like men are, that is why men are the ones in power and in control.”

“How would you describe the female figure?”

“I would say, that women are beautiful, but a real female figure has to be gorgeous. Have a pretty face, a nice body, that all the other guys would want to have that girl, when it comes to that you know that you have to take her to bed with you.”

With this I concluded my interview, with these questions answered it shows that teenage boys are only looking for sex in girls and giving girls the label of being easy, of being bitches and hoes. Men often time just seek the companionship of a female for their simple pleasure. Many men like this young man accept woman-woman relationships but do not tolerate men-men relationships because they feel great disgust.