Attitudes Toward Transsexualism in a Swedish National Survey
Attitudes Toward Transsexualism in a Swedish National Survey
复制标题
瑞典全国调查中对变性欲的态度
DOI：
--
复制
发表时间：
2000
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
S. Innala
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Mikael Landén;S. Innala
本文试图对瑞典人对变性的看法和对变性者的态度进行一次总体盘点。对这些问题的看法是否在接受生物学理论来解释变性者和那些接受心理学理论的人之间进行了测试。第三，调查了男性和老年人群对变性者的看法是否与女性和年轻年龄组不同。为此目的，1998年10月至12月，在全国范围内随机抽取了992名瑞典居民，邮寄了一份调查问卷；668人回复了调查问卷，答复率为67%。结果显示，大多数人支持变性人接受变性的可能性，但63%的人认为应该由个人承担这方面的费用。此外，大多数人支持变性人以新的性别结婚的权利，以及他们与孩子一起工作的权利。43%的人支持变性人收养和抚养孩子的权利，41%的人反对。结果表明，那些认为变性症是由生物因素引起的人对变性人的看法比那些持有心理学观点的人对变性症的限制要少。研究发现，男性和年长年龄组在这些问题上的观点比女性和年轻年龄组更严格。未来的研究应该解决这些问题，以阐明不同文化之间的差异，以及随着时间的推移态度变化的过程。
A general inventory of the views on sex reassignment and attitudes toward transsexuals in Sweden was attemped. Whether the view on these matters differ between people embracing biological theories in explanation of transsexualism and those embracing psychological theories was tested. Third, whether men and the older age groups hold a different view on transsexualism than women and younger age groups was investigated. For these purposes, in October–December 1998, a questionnaire was mailed to a randomly selected national sample of 992 Swedish residents; 668 persons returned the questionnaire, giving a 67% response rate. Results showed that a majority supports the possibility for transsexuals to undergo sex reassignment; however, 63% thought that the individual should bear the expenses for it. In addition, a majority supported transsexuals' right to get married in their new sex and their right to work with children. Transsexuals' right to adopt and raise children was supported by 43%, whereas 41% were opposed. Results indicated that those who believed that transsexualism is caused by biological factors had a less restrictive view on transsexualism than people who held a psychological view. Men and the older age group were found to hold a more restrictive view on these issues than women and the younger age group. Future studies should address these questions to elucidate differences between cultures and the process of change in attitudes over time.