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Istraživanje stavova prema rodnoj ravnopravnosti u sistemu visokoškolskog obrazovanja
Research of Attitudes toward Gender Equality in the System of Higher Education

Author(s): Dragana Popović, Gordana Daša Duhaček, Nevenka Žegarac, Tamara Džamonja-Ignjatović
Subject(s): Gender Studies
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu
Keywords: Attitudes; education; gender equality; sexual/gender differences.

Summary/Abstract: The research presented here is a part of an ongoing and a more extensive project to gather data and analyze the status of gender equality within educational system in Serbia. This part of the research is concerned with attitudes toward gender equality within the higher education system and as a point of departure uses an assumption that higher education has in establishing value systems far reaching consequences for the whole society and its future. The research is based on questionnaires through which the following data has been gathered: attitudes to motivation for the choice of field of study and profession; roles in the family; partner roles; feminism. The conclusions point to the fact that the gender roles are not too rigid and stereotypical but point out to some attitudes that need to be further explored, namely young men appear to be less conservative than young women.

  • Issue Year: 2009
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 695-709
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Serbian