Abstract
This study assesses the effect that private religious schools have on gender attitudes in students. Using data collected from twenty-one private schools in Guatemala, gender attitudes are assessed using latent class analysis. The results indicate that students’ gender attitudes can be categorized into three distinct profiles. These are non-egalitarian, publicly egalitarian, and generally egalitarian. Subsequent analysis reveals that religious schools and specific religious beliefs are correlated with different gender attitude profiles. For instance, Catholic school students are more likely to be generally egalitarian than students in evangelical or secular schools, and biblical literalists are most likely to be publicly egalitarian. Overall, this research highlights the need to develop new conceptual models to provide more accurate and nuanced descriptions of gender attitudes. It also provides new insight into correlations between religious schools and religious beliefs and gender attitudes formation.
Highlights
Attitudes about gender roles have a significant impact on the private and public lives of both women and men
On the other hand, are commonly linked to traditionalist ideologies in the literature (Nussbaum 2000). These competing visions of egalitarianism and traditionalism are juxtaposed in interesting ways in religious schools
I will seek to determine whether students from private Catholic, evangelical, and secular schools in Guatemala differ in their gender ideologies
Summary
Attitudes about gender roles have a significant impact on the private and public lives of both women and men. They affect family systems, labor force involvement, and political participation. A variety of different factors influence the formation of gender attitudes, two key socializing institutions are often associated with opposite effects. On the other hand, are commonly linked to traditionalist ideologies in the literature (Nussbaum 2000). These competing visions of egalitarianism and traditionalism are juxtaposed in interesting ways in religious schools. I will seek to determine whether students from private Catholic, evangelical, and secular schools in Guatemala differ in their gender ideologies. The results will provide new insights into the relationship between religion and gender attitude formation
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