The United States of America has been in a country-wide dispute regarding abortion since 1973. The Supreme Court legalization of abortion during the Roe v. Wade case is what caused the debate (Barkan 2014). Men and women of all ages, races, and beliefs have voiced different opinions, and this leaves our country divided towards the conflict of abortion. Abortion is considered a woman’s concern, and therefore; is anticipated that women are more accepting of abortion than men (Figueira-McDonough 1989). Women are more biologically and socially influenced by a child which is a reason that most women feel they have the right to obtain an abortion (Scott and Schuman 1988). The lack of gender attitudes has made various scholars who are researching
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Although research has had various outcomes, there is a common denominator. Through each finding it has shown that women tend to be more open and accepting of abortion. During the various research contributed we can also understand that women are more unaccepting of the legalization of abortion than men. I assume that the reason a large amount of woman who accept abortion is because they deserve the same rights as a man. A pregnancy only affects the woman’s body, and if that woman wishes to have an abortion she should be able to obtain the procedure. For the reason that a pregnancy affects only the woman physically, this could also be a reason why the rest of the women believe abortion should be outlawed. The father of the fetus does not build up the emotional connection as quickly as the mother does. Despite the various research completed involving gender attitudes towards abortion, literature has been inconclusive towards the similarities (Barkan 2014). Regardless that studies have varied and flawed to prove, I think that attitudes towards abortion vary by gender, and I will use gender as my variable towards my own …show more content…
The GSS is administered bi-annually by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC). The GSS employs a probability sample of U.S. adults ages 18 and older. Each bi-annual survey contains permanent questions that appear on each survey and unique topic-specific modules. In addition to demographic information and other permanent variables, the 2014 data included modules on the information society, quality of working life, knowledge about science, attitudes toward science, shared capitalism, and citizenship. One unique feature of the GSS are the attitudinal questions, which gauge Americans views on a variety of topics, including the topic of interest to this study, abortion. Additionally, the GSS taps into Americans behaviors and other characteristics; for example, the GSS measures household help, the topic of interest to this
Although research has had various outcomes, there is a common denominator. Through each finding it has shown that women tend to be more open and accepting of abortion. During the various research contributed we can also understand that women are more unaccepting of the legalization of abortion than men. I assume that the reason a large amount of woman who accept abortion is because they deserve the same rights as a man. A pregnancy only affects the woman’s body, and if that woman wishes to have an abortion she should be able to obtain the procedure. For the reason that a pregnancy affects only the woman physically, this could also be a reason why the rest of the women believe abortion should be outlawed. The father of the fetus does not build up the emotional connection as quickly as the mother does. Despite the various research completed involving gender attitudes towards abortion, literature has been inconclusive towards the similarities (Barkan 2014). Regardless that studies have varied and flawed to prove, I think that attitudes towards abortion vary by gender, and I will use gender as my variable towards my own …show more content…
The GSS is administered bi-annually by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC). The GSS employs a probability sample of U.S. adults ages 18 and older. Each bi-annual survey contains permanent questions that appear on each survey and unique topic-specific modules. In addition to demographic information and other permanent variables, the 2014 data included modules on the information society, quality of working life, knowledge about science, attitudes toward science, shared capitalism, and citizenship. One unique feature of the GSS are the attitudinal questions, which gauge Americans views on a variety of topics, including the topic of interest to this study, abortion. Additionally, the GSS taps into Americans behaviors and other characteristics; for example, the GSS measures household help, the topic of interest to this