Candidate’s name: Tazmine Reid-Jones
Subject: Social Studies
School: The E-Learning Centre
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Teacher: Miss Brown
Year: 2013
Title: Homophobia in the Montego Bay Community
AN EXAMINATION ANALYZING THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF HOMOPHOBIA IN THE MONTEGO BAY COMMUNITY.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
• Acknowledgements
• Statement of problem
• Method of investigation
• Instrument used to collect data
• Procedures used to collect data
• Presentations and explanation of data
• Interpretation of data
• Findings
• Recommendations
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I wish to thank my Social Studies teacher Miss Brown for giving me the go ahead on this S.B.A.
I would also like to thank my mother for her widespread knowledge helping me with research and her continuous support with the whole subject.
STATEMENT OF PROBLEM
What are the causes and effects of Homophobia in the Montego Bay Community / Town?
RESEARCH QUESTIONS
1. Why is the society homophobic?
2. How does homosexuality affect their lives?
3. How can society look towards homosexuality in a positive way?
REASONS FOR SELECTING THE AREA RESEARCH
This area of research was chosen because the researcher believes that the Jamaican society are brought up with a negative impact on homosexuals without knowing themselves. The researcher wants to look into what the community thinks about gays and how it effects them.
METHOD OF INVESTIGATION
To obtain data for the research, the researcher used a method of investigation that is the most accurate and easiest way to collect information. The method the researcher used was a questionnaire.