Graffiti in the 1970's

Abstract

Summary If graffiti reflect social conventions in the expression of sexuality rather than inherent basic differences in male and female sexuality as Kinsey and others have hypothesized, then the increased emphasis on female sexuality and freedom of expression might be reflected in graffii produced by the younger generation. Four high schools were selected to represent different socioeconomic and racial populations. Graffiti from male and female rest-rooms in each school were copied on 3 × 5 cards for sorting by three independent judges into 16 content categories. The most striking finding was that females wrote more than males, producing 88% of the total graffiti. Content analysis showed that while females predominantly wrote romantic inscriptions, this finding was dependent on socioeconomic level, with upper levels writing less romantic and more erotic material. Race was found to have little or no influence on the likelihood of the amount or content inscribed. The school which had the greatest heterogeneity of race and socioeconomic level produced over twice as much graffiti as the more homogeneous school populations.

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