STUDY OF STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS CURRENT GENDER ISSUES

Abstract

The article examines the attitude of male and female students to current gender issues. Based on the analysis of the scientific literature, the theoretical foundations of the problems of gender identity, gender stereotypes about the personal and professional sphere of personality are generalized. During the survey, students were asked to express their opinion, agreement or disagreement with statements about the impact on the formation of views and perceptions of parents, friends, secondary school, university or other people and institutions; on the need for gender education; abilities of boys and girls to study humanities and natural sciences; development of masculinity in boys and femininity in girls in the process of education; attitude to gender-neutral education; whether it promotes the development of personality and quality of life by following traditional gender norms; regarding the manifestation of gender stereotypes in education and training by sex; differences in teachers’ requirements for boys and girls; introduction of a gender approach in the activities of educational institutions; predominant images in school textbooks; the impact of school textbooks on the formation and maintenance of traditional roles of men and women; the importance of social institutions in the transmission of “gender information” from generation to generation; manifestation of gender stereotypes in the media; positions on the main role of a woman in society; manifestation of gender changes in mass culture, etc. The author analyzes the results of a survey of male and female students on their attitude to current gender issues. Emphasis is placed on the need to overcome gender stereotypes and introduce new forms and standards of behavior for women and men, education of gender culture of a new model. It has been established that students dissociate themselves from the most common traditional gender stereotypes regarding the roles of women and men and their position in society, which is a positive factor in the development of modern society.