The Effect of the Attitude towards Women and Value Orientation on Gender Role Perception

Year 2022, Volume: 11 Issue: 2, 152 - 163, 31.12.2022

Cengiz Kılıç , Esra Çalık Var , Veli Duyan

https://doi.org/10.46971/ausbid.991421

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Aim: Today, in almost all societies in which the gender equality and the position of women in society are often discussed, it is historically a social reality that individuals with different social, cultural, political and psychological backgrounds are subject to discrimination due to these differences. Subjects and Methods: This study aims to examine the effect of the attitude towards women and value orientation on gender role perception and it was conducted with 6054 students studying in different departments at Atatürk University Open Education Faculty. The data collection instruments used in this research are personal information form to determine the sociodemographic attributes of the participants, Attitudes Towards Women Scale, Schwartz Value Orientations Scale, Gender Role Perception Scale. Results: According to the findings of the study there is a significant relationship between gender role perception and attitude towards women, but there is also a negative relationship between gender role perception, attitude towards women and traditionality. It was found that the most effective variable predicting the gender role perception is attitude towards women. This finding shows that individuals' perceptions of gender role are more egalitarian when attitudes towards women are positive. Conclusion: It is considered that it would be beneficial to organize programs aiming at gaining the values of self-direction and universalism instead of the values of traditionality and security to ensure a positive change of attitudes towards women. In addition to this, it is considered that there is a need for longitudinal studies to change those attitudes.

Keywords

Value orientation, women, gender role perception, attitude

Kadınlara Yönelik Tutumun ve Değer Yöneliminin Toplumsal Cinsiyet Rolü Algısına Etkisi

Abstract

Amaç: Günümüzde cinsiyet eşitliğinin ve kadının toplumdaki konumunun sıklıkla tartışıldığı hemen hemen tüm toplumlarda, farklı sosyal, kültürel, politik ve psikolojik geçmişlere sahip bireylerin bu farklılıklar nedeniyle ayrımcılığa maruz kaldıkları tarihsel bir toplumsal gerçekliktir. Bu çalışma, kadına yönelik tutum ve değer yöneliminin toplumsal cinsiyet rolü algısına etkisini incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. Örneklem ve Yöntem: Çalışmada Atatürk Üniversitesi Açıköğretim Fakültesi'nin farklı bölümlerde öğrenim gören 6054 öğrenciye ulaşılmıştır. Bu araştırmada kullanılan veri toplama araçları, katılımcıların sosyodemografik özelliklerini belirlemeye yönelik kişisel bilgi formu, Kadına Yönelik Tutum Ölçeği, Schwartz Değer Yönelimleri Ölçeği, Cinsiyet Rolü Algısı Ölçeğidir. Bulgular: Çalışmada cinsiyet rolü algısı ile kadına yönelik tutum arasında ilişki olmakla birlikte, toplumsal cinsiyet rolü algısı, kadına yönelik tutum ve geleneklilik arasında da negatif bir ilişki olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Cinsiyet rolü algısını yordayan en etkili değişkenin kadına yönelik tutum olduğu tespit edilmiştir. Bu bulgu, kadınlara yönelik tutumlar olumlu olduğunda bireylerin cinsiyet rolüne ilişkin algılarının daha eşitlikçi olduğunu göstermektedir. Sonuç: Kadına yönelik tutumların olumlu yönde değişmesini sağlamak için geleneksellik ve güvenlik değerleri yerine özyönetim ve evrensellik değerlerinin kazandırılmasına yönelik programların düzenlenmesinin faydalı olacağı düşünülmektedir. Ayrıca bu tutumların değiştirilmesine yönelik boylamsal çalışmalara ihtiyaç olduğu düşünülmektedir.

Keywords

Değer yönelimi, kadın, toplumsal cinsiyet rolü algısı, tutum

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