Gender Differences in Students' Attitudes Towards Violence Against Women

Abstract

Aim: This study was conducted as a descriptive study with the aim of determining the views and attitudes of university students about domestic violence against women.

Method: The research was carried out between May and June 2018. The population of the research consisted of students studying at faculties and colleges within a university, and the sample consisted of 2453 students who agreed to participate in the study. The first part of the questionnaire, which was prepared by the researchers as a result of the literature review, consists of questions containing information about the introductory characteristics of the students; The second part consists of 34 questions about attitudes towards violence against women. Chi-square test was applied to examine the relationship between the variables.

Results: Considering the results obtained from the findings, it was determined that there was a significant difference between the attitudes of female and male students towards economic, sexual, verbal, and physical violence against women (p<0,05). While women exhibited a more egalitarian attitude towards gender equality, male students displayed a traditional attitude. It was stated by 77,9% of the students that they did not experience violence from their families and 79,5% of them stated that they did not witness violence between their families.

Conclusion: Knowing the attitudes of university students towards violence against women can contribute to the development of violence against women policies.

Keywords

• Gender
• sexual violence
• violence against women

Öğrencilerin Kadına Şiddete Karşı Tutumlarında Cinsiyet Farklılıkları

Abstract

Amaç: Bu çalışma, üniversite öğrencilerinin kadına yönelik aile içi şiddet ile ilgili görüş ve tutumlarının belirlenmesi amacı ile tanımlayıcı olarak yapılmıştır.

Yöntem: Araştırma, Mayıs-Haziran 2018 tarihleri arasında gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırmanın evrenini, bir üniversitenin bünyesinde bulunan Fakülte ve Yüksekokullarda öğrenim gören öğrenciler, örneklemini ise çalışmaya katılmayı kabul eden 2453 öğrenci oluşturmuştur. Araştırmacılar tarafından literatür değerlendirmesi sonucu hazırlanan anket formunun birinci bölümü, öğrencilerin tanıtıcı özelliklerine ilişkin bilgileri içeren sorulardan; ikinci bölümü ise Kanbay ve arkadaşları (2012) tarafından hazırlanmış olan kadına yönelik şiddet ile ilgili tutumları içeren 34 sorudan oluşmuştur. Araştırmada elde edilen veriler SPSS 22.0 programı kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Değişkenler arasındaki ilişkinin incelenmesi için ki - kare testi uygulanmıştır.

Bulgular: Bulgulardan elde edilen sonuçlara bakıldığında kadın ve erkek öğrencilerin kadına ekonomik, cinsel, sözlü ve fiziksel şiddete yönelik tutumları arasında anlamlı bir farklılık olduğu belirlenmiştir (p<0,05). Kadınlar cinsiyet eşitliğine karşı daha eşitlikçi bir tutum sergilerken, erkek öğrenciler geleneksel bir tutum sergilemiştir. Öğrencilerin %77,9’u ailelerinden şiddet görmediklerini ve %79,5’i aileleri arasında şiddete tanık olmadıklarını ifade etmişlerdir.

Sonuç: Üniversite öğrencilerinin kadına yönelik şiddete yönelik tutumlarının bilinmesi kadına yönelik şiddet politikalarının geliştirilmesine katkı sağlayabilir.

Keywords

• Cinsiyet
• üniversite öğrencileri
• kadına yönelik şiddet
• Gender
• sexual violence
• violence against women

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