Institute of Sociology NASU

What do women want?

stmm. 2019 (4): 142-146

Ol’ha Maksymenko - Department of Methodology and Methods of Sociology, leading sociologist, Institute of Sociology, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2804-2790

Abstract. The paper presents some data from social surveys conducted (in different years) by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology, the Yuri Levada Analytical Centre and other well-known organisations such as Pew Research Center and UCLA Sloan Center on Everyday Lives of Families (USA). The focus of the research was on the following issues: women’s preferences in 8 March gifts, their current role in the family, as well as the attitudes towards sharing household chores and parenting. According to the results, a considerable number of families (both in Ukraine and in other countries) are still guided by stereotypical ideas about division of household and child-rearing duties. However, social projects like “Four Hands Happiness” give us confidence that these views will gradually be transformed in favour of a new model of family based on the principle of gender equality.

Keywords: social survey, women, family responsibilities, gender roles, gender stereotypes.

Full article: eng

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