Social Experiment: Defying a Norm
For my social experiment I received consent from not only the Walgreens pharmaceutical manager but also the store manager to stand outside and ask a handful of customers walking in to purchase me an over-the-counter drug: Plan B One-Step pill. The nonprescription product: Plan B One-Step pill is a 1.5 mg tablet for women to take up to 72 hours after she had unprotected sex. One must be 17 years old to purchase the “morning after pill.” Note: I was not soliciting customers because I was granted permission.
Hypothesis
I think females will purchase Plan B for me with less hesitations and fewer questions asked than males would because females are more likely to have been in the same situation as what I am portraying. …show more content…
She seemed a little hesitant because she was looking around the outside and could not stand still. This was an immediate indication that she was nervous about purchasing me the over-the-counter drug, but agreed. Again she met me outside and before she hands the bag to me she made me promise her that I would go see a gynecologist for contraception. I repeated the process of thanking her and asking why she decided to purchase it for me and what her thoughts were when I initially asked her. She said I seemed like a “desperate young girl who needed help” and told me to try not to let it “get this far next …show more content…
The husband like the previous male was not sure what the product does at first, but after a few seconds he suddenly realize what plan b was used for and he too gaped in awe. He had a shocked reaction on his face: his eyebrows were raised and replied with "oh wow." His body language told me he was nervous and genuinely concerned for me. He would bite his fingernails and sway from left to right on his feet. He felt that this was too important to leave me to figure it out on my own. However, his wife completely disagreed. She too displayed a shocked expression on her face, the corners of her mouth were pulled back to show her clenched teeth. She did not agree to purchase Plan B for me but in return gave me motherly advice. She advised me to call my mom or someone else like an aunt. I tried explaining further that I could not because one of the pharmacists is friends with my mom. She was hesitant when replying to me, she tended to repeat phrases, one of her responses was "I, I really, I can’t, I can’t, in good conscience do that. I can’t… I am sorry." Her reason for not agreeing to purchase Plan B for me was “because I think of it as my daughter and I would feel terrible if she could not come to me." She wished me good luck and gave me a pat on the shoulder and proceeded to walk into the store with her husband.
Conclusion. Ultimately, I was able to attain compassion from others which confirmed my hypothesis and
For my social experiment I received consent from not only the Walgreens pharmaceutical manager but also the store manager to stand outside and ask a handful of customers walking in to purchase me an over-the-counter drug: Plan B One-Step pill. The nonprescription product: Plan B One-Step pill is a 1.5 mg tablet for women to take up to 72 hours after she had unprotected sex. One must be 17 years old to purchase the “morning after pill.” Note: I was not soliciting customers because I was granted permission.
Hypothesis
I think females will purchase Plan B for me with less hesitations and fewer questions asked than males would because females are more likely to have been in the same situation as what I am portraying. …show more content…
She seemed a little hesitant because she was looking around the outside and could not stand still. This was an immediate indication that she was nervous about purchasing me the over-the-counter drug, but agreed. Again she met me outside and before she hands the bag to me she made me promise her that I would go see a gynecologist for contraception. I repeated the process of thanking her and asking why she decided to purchase it for me and what her thoughts were when I initially asked her. She said I seemed like a “desperate young girl who needed help” and told me to try not to let it “get this far next …show more content…
The husband like the previous male was not sure what the product does at first, but after a few seconds he suddenly realize what plan b was used for and he too gaped in awe. He had a shocked reaction on his face: his eyebrows were raised and replied with "oh wow." His body language told me he was nervous and genuinely concerned for me. He would bite his fingernails and sway from left to right on his feet. He felt that this was too important to leave me to figure it out on my own. However, his wife completely disagreed. She too displayed a shocked expression on her face, the corners of her mouth were pulled back to show her clenched teeth. She did not agree to purchase Plan B for me but in return gave me motherly advice. She advised me to call my mom or someone else like an aunt. I tried explaining further that I could not because one of the pharmacists is friends with my mom. She was hesitant when replying to me, she tended to repeat phrases, one of her responses was "I, I really, I can’t, I can’t, in good conscience do that. I can’t… I am sorry." Her reason for not agreeing to purchase Plan B for me was “because I think of it as my daughter and I would feel terrible if she could not come to me." She wished me good luck and gave me a pat on the shoulder and proceeded to walk into the store with her husband.
Conclusion. Ultimately, I was able to attain compassion from others which confirmed my hypothesis and