Tolerance towards Homosexuality in Argentina

Seminar paper from the year 2011 in the subject Sociology - Politics, Majorities, Minorities, grade: 1,3, Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH, language: English, abstract: This essay investigates tolerance towards homosexuals in Argentina in 1995. It addresses the following questions: "e;How prevalent is tolerance towards homosexuality in Argentina?"e; and "e;Are there any differences between specific groups of society?"e;, which will be examined regarding age, education and religious practice. Tolerance is one aspect of self-expression values as part of the value change explained by Inglehart. Therefore the broader aim of this paper is to display how prevalent self-expression values are in Argentina as a transitory and deeply Catholic country. First, I will explain the theoretical framework, define the term tolerance as it is used here and explain the concept of value change and Maslow s hierarchy of needs. Furthermore I will formulate my expectations about the results of my research with data from the World Values Survey. I will then specify which items I used, before displaying the empirical results and drawing a conclusion.