Open AccessAttitude Towards Third Gender: A Case Study Of Southern Punjab, Pakistan
Author(s) -
Iram Batool,
Muhammad Saqib,
Abdul Sattar Ghaffari
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
pakistan journal of applied social sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2663-8894
pISSN - 2409-0077
DOI - 10.46568/pjass.v9i1.326
Subject(s) - transgender , nonprobability sampling , marital status , psychology , gender studies , socioeconomics , social psychology , sociology , demography , population
Transgender community faces insulting remarks and people treat them in a bad way. Discrimination is being faced by transgender at all levels such as at school, in family, at places where they live. The purpose of the present study was to explore the attitude of people towards third gender. A sample of 600 were selected through purposive sampling and snow ball sampling techniques. Data was collected from Two cities of Pakistan Sahiwal and Multan. Demographic variables of participants used in this research are age, gender, monthly income, qualification and marital status. Attitude towards Hijras scale was used in this research. Results showed that females have more acceptances of Hijra’s (transgender) rights and status as compared to males. Males and females don’t want any close relationship with Hijras (transgender).Sexual issues (SI) are significant in males as compared to females. Education has more impact on people’s attitude towards Hijra community. People belonging to religious groups have more negative attitude towards Hijras as compared to other groups.