Abstract
The main goal of the article is to analyze public attitudes towards gender equality and issues of normative and empirical equality in Lithuania. Following theoretical assumptions, it is aimed at examining of what kind of attitudes people have impact towards gender equality, how sociodemographic characteristics, particularly gender, differentiate them and what kind of factors may explain these differencies. The analysis is based on the empirical data collected in the framework of the sociological research EU Enlargement and Its Commitment to Women carried out by the Department of Sociology, Vytautas Magnus University in 2004. The authors discuss different aspects of gender equality in public opinion, as well as recommendations regarding the improvement of gender policy that are interesting and valuable from the practical, as well as theoretical points of view. What kind of theoretical models and measurements can help to avoid the most frequently made mistakes when analyzing public opinion on the issues of gender equality and policy recommendations? How important is the research on the assessment of gender equality from the methodological point of view? The authors aim at answering the questions by examining the factors that foster or weaken traditional and liberal attitudes towards gender relations on individual and structural levels and shape gender policy recommendations.
Highlights
Taip yra ne vien todël, kad ðios srities specialistø ir mokslininkø, kurie nagrinëja feminizmo teorijas, lyèiø dëmens integravimo á vieðosios politikos diskursà, lyèiø lygybës ir kitus klausimus, skaièius yra ribotas
What kind of theoretical models and measurements can help to avoid the most frequently made mistakes when analyzing public opinion on the issues of gender equality and policy recommendations? How important is the research on the assessment of gender equality from the methodological point of view? The authors aim at answering the questions by examining the factors that foster or weaken traditional and liberal attitudes towards gender relations on individual and structural levels and shape gender policy recommendations
Summary
Ðio straipsnio tikslas yra analizuoti Lietuvos gyventojø požiûrius ir nuomones apie lyèiø lygybës problemas Lietuvoje. Remiantis teorinëmis prielaidomis siekiama paaiškinti, koks yra gyventojø požiûris á lyèiø lygybæ skirtingose socio-demografinëse grupëse (visø pirma tarp vyrø ir moterø) ir kokie veiksniai lemia šiuos skirtumus. Taip yra ne vien todël, kad ðios srities specialistø ir mokslininkø, kurie nagrinëja feminizmo teorijas, lyèiø dëmens integravimo á vieðosios politikos diskursà, lyèiø lygybës ir kitus klausimus, skaièius yra ribotas. Žiniasklaida ir akademinis feminizmo diskursas plaèiai nagrinëja lyèiø politikos klausimus, taèiau klausimas, kokia yra Lietuvos gyventojø lyèiø lygybës samprata yra dažniausiai retorinis, t.y. á já galima pateikti visiems žinomà ir savaime suprantamà atsakymà (jog egzistuoja lyèiø stereotipai, vyrai yra labiau konservatyvûs nei moterys, vyrai lygybës nenori, nes jiems tai nenaudinga, tikrosios lygybës tarp vyrø ir negali bûti ir t.t.). Reikia klausti: koks yra visuomenës požiûris á lyèiø lygybæ? Kà lyèiø lygybë reiðkia ne tik akademiniam ar politiniam elitui, bet ir paèiai visuomenei? Koks yra lyèiø lygybës ir vieðosios nuomonës santykis?
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