Survey about the Sexuality of College Students From a Faculty of University of Brasilia- DF, Brazil

Survey about the sexuality of college students from a faculty of University of Brasilia- DF, Brazil. Many studies show that the sexuality issue has been going through several changes. In general, individuals are classified by groups of attitudes like conservative, traditional, liberal or even permissive. The social coercion by education imposes a "set" of attitudes and behaviors that restrict the individual desire. The reason for this research was the finding of lack of dialogue on the subject, which points to a taboo or prohibition more or less conscious. The present study aimed to examine students from different courses about their conceptions of sex, the body, sex related diseases, pregnancies, prejudice against homosexual or lesbians, masturbation and virginity. The methodology used in this study was a cross-sectional survey using a self-administered questionnaire composed of 24 questions. We interviewed 52 men and 188 women, representing about 20% of the total population. Among the respondents, 65% had between 19 to 21 years, 77% practiced a religion and 95% were heterosexual. About 73% of the respondents said there was no problem in having gay friends, no longer keep the virginity until marriage (60% were no longer virgins), indeed, 54% prevents against STDs and pregnancy with condoms and 40% by contraceptive pill. It was noticed that students feel free to talk about some areas of your sex life, but coercion still leaves its mark,, as in the case of masturbation, in which 68% of young students denied or did not answer the question about it. Morais, Indyara de Araujo Fontoura, Tatiane Portela, Soraya Jacobina, Matheus Montagner, Miguel Ângelo