This presentation is based on the research conducted in Turkey about the views of Male students on Social and gender roles of women.

1. Views of Male University Students About Social
Gender Roles; An Example from East of Turkey

2. Key terms
• Gender roles
• Women’s roles

3. Methods
• Questionaries (n= 116/191)
• Demographics
• Work life and Social life
• Family life and Marriage life

4. Results
• 30.2% of the male
students stated that
women could work in a
paid job
• 56.9% believed in
equality of women and
men, 44.8% approved
honor killing,
• 40.5% said the girls
should receive
education as far as they
can go,
• 54.3% said the role of
the women was to
“provide moral support
to their husband and
children”,

5. Results
• 37.1% stated that
husbands could beat
their wives under
certain circum- stances
• 52.6% said they
witnessed violence in
their family
• 51.7% said the
women’s environment
should be decided by
the spouses together
• 25% said the women
should engage in sexual
intercourse with their
spouses even if they did
not want to

6. They say a picture can speak a
thousand words, what does this say
to you?

7. REFERENCE
Journal of Family Violence; Oct2011, Vol. 26 Issue 7, p519