Original scientific paper
Women and Men: Egalitarianism at an Existential Level and Collision of Worldview
Gordan ČRPIĆ
; Centre for the Promotion of the Social Teachings of the Church, Croatian Bishops' Conference, Zagreb
Irena SEVER
; Faculty of Sciences of Social Communication, Rome
Damir MRAVUNAC
; Centre for the Promotion of the Social Teachings of the Church, Croatian Bishops' Conference, Zagreb
Abstract
The article is based on empirical research from the European
Values Study, an international study which was carried out in
Croatia in 1999 and 2008. The article examines
relationships between men and women through theoretical
review and empirical results. After the introduction in which
particular focus is given to feminist criticism of relationships
between men and women, particularly with regard to
theological tradition, the article examines whether Croatians
continue to tend to choose traditional forms of family and
marriage; it looks at whether, fifteen years after the end of
the war, and coming out of the trauma of war, stabilization is
occurring in respect of relationships between men and
women; whether "egalitarian" and "traditional" dimensions of
gender roles are developing, and whether there are
statistically significant differences between them. On the
basis of the results obtained, it can be concluded that after
the trauma of war, stabilization is occurring in Croatian
society with respect to gender roles, and according to many
indicators Croatia continues to be a predominately
traditional European society. Significant differences in the
assessment of male and female roles in society were
obtained at the level that the authors identify as "worldview"
while at an "existential" level, such differences between
gender roles were not identified, which leaves room for new
evaluation and study of the observed phenomenon.
Keywords
feminism; the male role; the female role; European Values Study
Hrčak ID:
52189
URI
Publication date:
1.5.2010.
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