Sociology major Colby Fleming talks about his current research project, which emerged from his sociological research methods course:
Interest in my project and its subject matter began with my sociological research methods course, in which one of my major assignments for the semester was to create a viable research design for a sociological question of my choice. Racking my brain for a workable and interesting research question, I overheard several classmates discussing slut-shaming in women as potential topics. Myself being male, I began to wonder what that might look like for men, and thought that, if anything, I might be more likely to be looked down on as a man for lacking sexual experience rather than possessing too much; I decided to investigate the extent and causes of this phenomenon, if it even occurred at all. Thus my project idea, later titled “Masculinity and Virgin-shaming in College-aged Males,” was born...
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March 25, 2015
