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Results and Conclusion
In the table above, I have listed behavioural traits, which
show clearly that respondents A, B, C, D, E and F were exhibiting
gender norm violation in comparison to expected behaviour
in their mother countries. Respondents G-L show no such tendencies.
Therefore 50% of respondents had developed androgynous traits
after arriving in this country (in relation to the gender
norms of their country of origin - for example ec05
id24).
Evaluation
Although my results seem conclusive, content analysis has
its limitations – for instance I may have noticed behaviour
which showed gender norm violation and ignored behaviour which
did not. Also, the person who is doing the content analysis
should ideally, have no knowledge of the research his/her
results are supporting. Clearly, my hypothesis is based upon
the tacit assumption that gender roles in the country of origin
were sex stereotyped. I found however, that this was not always
the case - for example md23
id23
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