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Attitudes of older adults toward feminism and women's roles: the influence of gender, religious orientation and political orientation

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dc.contributor.authorBurlingame-Lee, Laura Joan, author
dc.contributor.authorVacha-Haase, Tammi, advisor
dc.date.accessioned2024-03-13T18:50:54Z
dc.date.available2024-03-13T18:50:54Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractOlder adults' attitudes toward feminism and women's rights and roles in society were explored using survey techniques in this research. Participants included 274 older adults age 50 and over who were asked to complete questionnaires including a variety of demographic variables (including religious and political affiliations and orientations) and attitudinal measures of feminism and women's rights and roles in society.
dc.description.abstractResults were largely statistically nonsignificant, likely due in part to a ceiling effect observed on the attitude measures. However, having a liberal or conservative orientation (whether political or religious) seemed to affect views toward feminism and women's place in society. Although all groups scored in a range that indicated acceptance of feminist views, more conservative individuals, regardless of political party or religious group, were less positive toward feminist ideals and nontraditional roles for women.
dc.description.abstractThese results suggested that feminist ideas and attitudes that were previously thought of as "radical" may now simply be an accepted part of U.S. culture. Suggestions for future research include using and/or developing more updated attitudinal measures, in order to both determine what "feminism" means in today's society and to understand the views toward feminism that exist in the general population and in older adults specifically.
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dc.format.mediumdoctoral dissertations
dc.identifierETDF_Burlingame-Lee_2008_3346454.pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10217/237610
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherColorado State University. Libraries
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dc.subjectfeminism
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjectolder adults
dc.subjectpolitical attitudes
dc.subjectreligious attitudes
dc.subjectsexism
dc.subjectsocial psychology
dc.subjectwomen's studies
dc.subjectgender studies
dc.titleAttitudes of older adults toward feminism and women's roles: the influence of gender, religious orientation and political orientation
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thesis.degree.disciplinePsychology
thesis.degree.grantorColorado State University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

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