Professional Specialization and Gender Differences in Higher Education in Nigeria

Mowaiye Fagbemi

doi:10.4172/2151-6200.1000386

Abstract

Professional Specialization and Gender Differences in Higher Education in Nigeria

Highlights

The home, school and the society socialize individuals into acceptable gender roles
High Masculine and high socialized men and high feminine and high socialized women come from homes in which sex-role behaviors and attitudes of the parents were clearly differentiated along traditional stereotypic lines
Low masculine and high socialized men, and low feminine and high socialized women were from homes in which parents provided models for their children that cut across traditional sex-role stereotypes

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Introduction

The home, school and the society socialize individuals into acceptable gender roles. Social-learning explanations for the acquisition of gender-appropriate behavior center on the concept of observation or imitative learning. 2. High Masculine and high socialized men and high feminine and high socialized women come from homes in which sex-role behaviors and attitudes of the parents were clearly differentiated along traditional stereotypic lines. 3. Low masculine and high socialized men, and low feminine and high socialized women were from homes in which parents provided models for their children that cut across traditional sex-role stereotypes. Low masculine and high socialized men, and low feminine and high socialized women were from homes in which parents provided models for their children that cut across traditional sex-role stereotypes These individuals can be regarded as having identified androgynously (Internalized positive characteristics of both male and female parents). 4. High masculine and low socialized men, and high feminine and low socialized women had not achieved their sex-role definitions through identification with same sex but rather through the reaction of opposite sex parent. This research survey was carried out to seek answers to the question of how far change has occurred and in the specialization the women in the millennium choose and their level of education attainment in comparison to the males in Nigeria society

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