FOREIGN INFLUENCE ON HOMOSEXUALITY AND CULTURAL CONFLICTS IN UGANDA A CASE STUDY OF KAMPALA CITY

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION .......................................................................................... ii

APPROVAL ............................................................................................... iii

DEDICATION ........................................................................................... iv

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .............................................................................. v

TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................. vi

LIST OF TABLES ...................................................................................... ix

LIST OF FIGURES ..................................................................................... x

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS ............................................. xi

ABSTRACT .............................................................................................. xii

CHAPTER ONE .................................................................................... 1

INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. 1

1.0 Introduction ..................................................................................... 1

1.1 Background of the study ..................................................................... 1

1.2 Statement of the problem .................................................................... 2

1.3 Objectives of the study .................. ., .................................................... 3

1.3.1 General objective ........................................................................... 3

1.3.2 Specific Objectives ......................................................................... 4

1.4 Research Questions ............................................................................. 4

1.5 Scope of the study ............................................................................... 4

1.5.1 Contextual scope ........................................................................... 4

1.5.2 Geographical scope ........................................................................ 4

1.6 Significance of the Study ..................................................................... 5

CHAPTER TWO ................................................................................... 6

LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................................ 6

2.0 Introduction ........................................................................................ 6

2.1 Homosexuality and African culture ...................................................... 6

2.2 Effects of homosexuality on Homosexuals ............................................ 9

2.2.1 Anal cancer .................................................................................... 10

2.2.2 Levels of Promiscuity ...................................................................... 11

2.2.3 Physical Health .............................................................................. 12

2.2.4 Mental Health ................................................................................. 13

2.2.5 Monogamy ...................................................................................... 14

2.2.6 Easy spread of HIV/ AIDS ............................................................... 14

2.2.7 Reduced Life Span .......................................................................... 15

CHAPTER THREE ............................................................................. 17

METHODOLOGY ............................................................................... 17

3.0 Introduction ...................................................................................... 17

3.2 Area and population of study ............................................................. 17

3.3 Sample size ....................................................................................... 17

3.4 Sample size and framework ............................................................... 18

3.4.1 Sample technique ........................................................................... 18

3.4.2 Sample procedure ........................................................................... 18

3.5 Data collection instruments ............................................................... 19

3.6 Source of data collection .................................................................... 20

3.7 Data processing and analysis ............................................................ 21

3.7.1 Editing ........................................................................................... 21

3.7.2 Coding ............................................................................................ 22

3.7.3 Tabulation ...................................................................................... 22

3.8 Ethical procedure .............................................................................. 22

3. 9 Anticipated limitations of the Study ................................................... 23

CHAPTER FOUR ............................................................................... 24

DATA PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND DISCUSSION OF THE FINDINGS .................................................................. 24

4.0 Introduction ...................................................................................... 24

4.1 Social demographic characteristics .................................................... 24

4.1.1 Age of the respondents ................................................................. 24

4.1.2 Marital status .............................................................................. 25

4.1.3 Sex of the respondents ................................................................. 27

4.1.4 Educational status ......................................................................... 28

4.2 The perception of the public on homosexuality in Kampala city ......... 30

4.3 The effects of homosexuality on homosexuals in Kampala city ........... 33

4.4 The possible ways of addressing homosexuality behaviors in Kampala city .................................................................................. 35

CHAPTER FIVE ................................................................................. 38

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS ................................... 38

5.0 Introduction ...................................................................................... 38

5.1 Summary .......................................................................................... 38

5.2 Conclusions ...................................................................................... 39

5.3 Recommendations ............................................................................. 41

REFERENCES ......................................................................................... 43

APPENDICES .......................................................................................... 48

APPEND EX I: QUESTIONNAIRE TO TEACHERS ...................................... 48

APPENDIX II: RESEARCH BUDGET ......................................................... 51 

ABSTRACT 

This study was on the effect of homosexuals in communities. The findings are more methodologically robust, they suggest that exposure to gays and lesbians has tolerating effects even if all of the numerous conditions thought to be necessary for contact to have ameliorative impact are not operative. We may infer from this that the contact hypothesis, which was after all developed primarily to help explain racial prejudice, may need to be amended in the case of homosexuality. Indeed, our findings indicate that contact with homosexuals may elicit quite different public responses than contact with racial minorities. More research needed to determine if homophobia has fundamentally different roots than racism or whether attitudes toward homosexuals are simply more responsive to casual contact, while racist attitudes are resistant to all but the most intimate, cooperative, and positive interaction. The findings also point the way toward further research on public attitudes toward gays, per se. Among other things, it would be useful to replicate this study (1) using a multiple-item measure of public attitudes toward homosexuals such as that recommended to ensure that our results are not driven by our choice of dependent variable; and (2) including a measure of interpersonal contact to allow us to determine how the contact and context variables relate to each other. Finally the findings also appear to have significant political and strategic implications. While our research does not directly address particular gay rights, previous research has demonstrated that people's affective attitudes toward gay men and lesbians is the strongest and most consistent predictor of their support for the equal treatment of homosexuals in such areas as employment, military service, and adoption rights.