PHYSICAL VIOLENCE VICTIMIZATION AMONG COLLEGE STUDENTS OF SOUTH MUMBAI

Transgender community face extreme exclusion in our society due to various misconceptions and reasons. The aim of
the study was to explain attitudes of sample based on educational qualifications and the cisgender. Descriptive survey
method was adopted to study the attitude of 540 respondents from various educational background. The t test results
indicated that there is no significant difference between attitude of cisgender towards transgender. Further, ANOVA
indicated that there is no significant difference in the attitude towards transgender based on educational qualification
except between groups of respondents with SSC and others (below SSC). The results to a great extent indicates that
education plays an important role in broadening horizons and accepting individuals as they are without any judgement.
The present research was conducted to identify the physical violence victimization among college students in south
Mumbai. The tool prepared by Goggins, (1998) was used for this study. The survey was conducted among 99 female
students. The study revealed that the students with educational level from HSC, graduate and Postgraduate experience
violence with an average frequency of “sometimes”. The caretakers have been victimizing the students rather than
the strangers and non-romantic acquaintances. The objective was to study the level of Physical Violence Experience
among college students. The findings of the study revealed that the experience of victimization from a stranger is
increasing from HSC to graduate and Graduate to Post graduate. Physical violence experiences have been reported
by postgraduate students from authoritative persons and also from strangers. Respondents of this study have been
victimized mainly by family members and authoritative figures rather than romantic, non-romantic and strangers.