Female College Students Perceptions of Virginity and Oral Sex

Limited research exists on perceptions of virginity and oral sex among female college students. The majority of research studies on female college students focus on virginity related to participation in only vaginal sex. This research is part of a larger qualitative descriptive study which explored female college students’ perceptions about the factors which influenced their participation in oral sex. Sixteen female college students ranging from 18 to 24 years of age participated in semi-structured interviews. Primary data included verbatim transcripts, demographic data and sexual health questionnaires. All participants had engaged in oral sex. Defining virginity emerged as a main theme from the thematic data analysis. Overall findings provide insight about views regarding oral sex and virginity status among college aged women.

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A Descriptive Study on the Knowledge and Attitude of Female College Students towards Contraception

International Journal of Current Research in Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences ◽

10.22192/ijcrcps.2021.08.08.004 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 8 (8) ◽

pp. 19-24

Author(s):

J. Eswari ◽

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Premalatha Paulsamy ◽

Absar Ahmed Qureshi ◽

Krishnaraju Venkatesan ◽

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Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Demographic Data ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Descriptive Study ◽

Vital Role ◽

Female College Students ◽

Mortality And Morbidity ◽

Female College ◽

Unwanted Pregnancies ◽

Knowledge And Attitude

Effective contraception plays a vital role in the economic advancement and reproductive health of women. This study aimed to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding contraception of female college students of a university. A descriptive study design was used with 100 female students of different departments including Arts and Science, engineering, nursing etc, who were selected by convenient sampling technique. A self reported tool was used with 3 sections including demographic data, knowledge questionnaire and a 3 point Likert scale to assess the attitude. The overall level of knowledge (8.86 ±3.56) shows that there was inadequate knowledge among the female college students on contraception. The overall percentage of female college students with a positive attitude was only 28.66%. There was no correlation between participants' knowledge of contraception and their attitudes about it. (x2 = 1.17, df = 1, p = 0.28). The study concludes that there is an urgent need to improve the knowledge of the female college students on contraception to prevent unwanted pregnancies as well as maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidity. Keywords: Knowledge, Attitude, Female College Students, Contraception, Family Planning

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Gender Stereotyping and Inequality Behind the Slogans: A Case Study in Chinese Tertiary Education

Education as Change ◽

10.25159/1947-9417/9014 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 25 ◽

Author(s):

Yi Yang ◽

Zhongrun Chen ◽

Xunqian Liu

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Tertiary Education ◽

Mainland China ◽

Gender Stereotyping ◽

Campus Culture ◽

Female College Students ◽

Structured Interviews ◽

Chinese College Students ◽

Female College

The increasing number of female students in China has contributed to reducing the gender gaps in tertiary education over the past decades; however, the debate about gender inequality in tertiary education is ongoing. This study examines how the slogans on the banners for Girls’ Day celebrations from 2018–2020 on university campuses in mainland China convey male students’ willingness to provide help and support for the perceived academic issues faced by female college students, while surreptitiously conveying gender stereotyping and intelligence quotient (IQ) prejudice in the current university campus culture. These slogans occupy a prominent position on campus and help to evaluate the perceptions of both male and female college students regarding these issues. Data were gathered from semi-structured interviews with 16 undergraduate students at two universities. The analysis revealed that female IQ bias based on gender stereotyping is an enduring issue, which has been unintentionally inherited from previous generations of Chinese college students. The article reveals that despite the increased number of female college students, “benevolent discrimination” against women still exists in various forms in the campus culture and gender roles have not transformed much. The findings of this study can inform future gender education, orienting its effort towards a clearly identified niche of users.

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