Problem: Below is the results section of a research paper on An analysis into safety concerns, harassment and gender bias amongst South Asian Teenagers in Hong Kong
Now write the discussion part of the research paper (around 1000 words) using the results. The discussion must include: Interpret your results
- Explain how they answer the research questions
- Discuss unexpected results
- Use existing literature to support your data
Remember that discussion is the explanation of results
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The survey results reveal how harassment (particularly verbal) pervades experiences among South Asian youth in Hong Kong, alongside cultural and gender barriers that stifle discussion and response to harassment, directly addressing the core research question on harassment manifestations and influencing factors.
From the data collected there are some clear trends shown that help answer the original research question. Need Assignment Help?
Harassment
Two of the harassment related questions asked to responders were "Have you witnessed harassment happening to someone" and "Have you faced harassment". The results were relatively similar for both of the questions with 81% of responders saying yes to witnessing harassment and 71.4% of responders answering yes to facing harassment. However, among those who reported facing harassment, frequency varied with how often they faced harassment. 45% of responders said they faced it "sometimes", 30% said they faced it "often" and 25% said rarely. Notably, none of the responders who faced harassment reported the incident.
Type of Harassment
One of the questions asked on the survey was "What kind of harassment have you faced?". This was asked using a check list question so the responders could choose as many options as they saw fit. The options offered were Online harassment, Physical harassment, Verbal harassment, None and Other. What the results show is that the majority of these teenagers have faced verbal harassment, with 10 out of 21 respondents (47.6%) reporting it alone and an additional 3 (14.3%) experiencing it alongside online harassment. Verbal and physical harassment was less common (2 cases, 9.5%), while online-only (1 case) and none (1 case) were rarest. Overall, 16 of 21 respondents (76.2%) reported some form of harassment, underscoring its prevalence among South Asian teenagers in Hong Kong.
Gender Bias
Nineteen out of twenty-one respondents (90%) agreed that gender stereotypes affect how people are treated in sports. From their explanations of the question "Do you believe that gender stereotypes influence how individuals are treated in sports settings?", three main themes stood out. First, perceptions that women are inferior to men and that they are objects of desire are the basis for prejudice and limit opportunities, such as fewer chances to participate and coach. Second, different expectations for behaviour keep women from getting upset and acting out, while male aggression is seen as normal. Third, structural differences show up as fewer viewers and less access to resources for women. Moreover, in the follow up question most of the people who answered (15 out of 21) said they had noticed differences in how male and female athletes are supported when facing harassment, with many attributing this to the fact that stereotypes make both women and men's experiences very different.
Cultural Expectations
When asking responders about whether or not they had ever changed their behaviour due to cultural expectation most respondents indicated that they had changed their behaviour due to cultural expectations. Out of the responses 62% answered "Yes", 28% answered "Maybe" and 9% answered "No". This suggests that clear or potential behaviour change in response to cultural expectations was reported by the large majority of participants.
Acceptance in talking about Harassment
In the two questions asked to responders about how acceptable it is in your family and in your community to talk about harassment, the majority of responders had similar answers. The average for the two questions was 2.61 and 2.81 (out of 5) respectively. This indicates most responders feel a moderate level of acceptability rather than strong openness or complete taboo.
Female vs Male Data comparison
Through a quantitative analysis of the Likert-scale (1-5) items, I identified notable differences between the responses of male and female participants.
Analysis of Likert-scale responses (1-5) revealed consistent gender-based disparities in perceived safety. Females reported a mean score of 4.0 for safety in sports facilities, compared to 4.2 for males. Perceptions of safety in public spaces were lower overall, averaging 3.5 for females versus 3.8 for males. Online safety elicited the starkest divide, with females averaging 2.9 and males 3.6. These patterns suggest heightened vulnerability perceptions among female respondents across physical and digital domains.
Going into the yes or no questions there was also a divide between female and male responses. For the question of whether they had witnessed harassment happening to someone the male and female response was relatively similar with 90% of females surveyed and 70% of males surveyed saying that they had witnessed harassment happening to someone. For if they have faced harassment there was a much bigger disparity with 90% of females said yes while only 50% of men said yes. Furthermore, among the respondents who reported facing harassment they answered a follow up question of how often it happens. Females reported higher average frequency than males on the 1-4 scale. Females had 44% at level 3+ ("often"), compared to 18% for males; males also had more low frequency reports, with 36% of males reporting 1 (rare/never) compared to 11% for females.
Acceptability of Discussing Harassment
Females reported slightly lower perceived acceptability of discussing harassment in family settings, F= 2.67 compared to males, M = 2.6 on the 1-5 scale. Community acceptability showed a greater divide with Females = 2.9 vs. Males = 2.7. Overall the means indicated moderate openness for both domains (family 2.70, community 2.80), with responses predominantly clustered at 3 ("neutral") across genders.
Qualitative gender differences in open-ended responses
Across the short-answer items on harassment and gender in sports, female and male respondents described broadly similar patterns but with notable differences in emphasis and tone. Female participants frequently framed their experiences through themes of objectification, being seen as "inferior," and social expectations to remain calm or not "react heavily," especially in sports settings and when responding to harassment. By contrast, male respondents were more likely to acknowledge gender bias as observers, noting that women are not taken as seriously, receive less support, and face lower visibility in sport, while rarely situating themselves as direct victims of gendered mistreatment. Both groups recognized that gender stereotypes shape how athletes are treated and how harassment is responded to, but females more often described personal emotional impact and constraint, whereas males tended to describe the issue in more detached, analytical terms. However, a similarity between male and female responses is when asked whether they reported the harassment they faced 100% of responders said No, highlighting a universal barrier to conversation around this topic that transcends gender in this cohort.