Original scientific paper
CHANGES IN THE SOCIAL POSITION OF WOMEN IN TRANSITIONAL COUNTRIES
Smiljana Leinert Novosel
; Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The changes in the social position of women in transitional countries is the consequence of the latest economic and political changes in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Croatians think that the social position of women today is worse than in the former regime; in this, women are more critical than men, particularly the well-educated women, working outside the home (modernists). Those who nevertheless do believe that the position of women today is better than it used to be, make a smaller group; they believe that a woman's place is primarily in the home, that the Church should have a decisive say in the position of women, that women are not born for politics, and that pro-choice attitudes should not be tolerated. Women should resolve their dissatisfaction with their lives and social position by choosing either the modern or the traditional variant, or a middle path, which has been suggested by the logic of the newly-created living conditions.
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33570
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Publication date:
3.3.1998.
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