Representations of Gender Categories among Young People in the
Czech Republic

D 2006

Representations of Gender Categories among Young People in the Czech Republic

WYROBKOVÁ, Adriana and Lenka STOJANOVÁ

Basic information

Original name

Representations of Gender Categories among Young People in the Czech Republic

Name in Czech

Reprezentace genderových kategorií u mladých lidí v České republice

Authors

WYROBKOVÁ, Adriana (203 Czech Republic) and Lenka STOJANOVÁ (203 Czech Republic, guarantor)

Edition

Stará Lesná (Slovensko), Zborník abstraktov z konferencie "Sociálne procesy a osobnosť 2006" p. 40-40, 2006

Publisher

Sociálne procesy a osobnosť

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Stať ve sborníku

Field of Study

50100 5.1 Psychology and cognitive sciences

Country of publisher

Slovakia

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

References:

URL

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/06:00017156

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

Keywords in English

gender categories; social representations; feminity-mascilinity

Abstract

ORIG CZ

V originále

Representations of gender are common knowledge about the sex categories that are present in every culture and are basis for social organisation. In all societies people have their theories about gender that are present in virtually every aspect of life (Unger, 2001). According to the empirical research the five main meanings of femininity and masculinity can be distinguished (for overview Wyrobková, 2005): gender roles, characteristics that differentiate the sexes, attractive characteristics for the opposite sex, gender stereotypes and gender identity. Perception of gender categories seems to be bipolar (Unger, 2001), but theory of symbolic asymmetry claims they differ in the way gender meanings are organised in relation to a common symbolic universe (Deschamps, 1982). Masculine category does not define only males but its meaning is also embedded with a superordinate category of the individual in general. On the contrary feminine category defines only females (Amancio, 1993, 1997, Eagly & Kite, 1987). The scope of the present study was to find out how the gender categories are represented, structured and how they are related toward the superordinate category of human beings among young people in the Czech Republic. The method of “free associations” was used on the sample of 220 subjects. The both qualitative and quantitative approach in the data analysis was used. The paper is divided into the three parts. The first part offers a brief introduction to the theoretical issues of femininity and masculinity. Further on, the main findings are presented and finally are discussed in the last section.

In Czech

Příspěvek se zabývá reprezentacemi genderových kategorií v Česku na základě výzkumu volných asociací na souboru 220 studentů.

Links

MSM0021622406, plan (intention)

Name: Psychologické a sociální charakteristiky dětí, mládeže a rodiny, vývoj osobnosti v době proměn moderní společnosti

Investor: Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the CR, Psychological and social characteristics of children, youth and families, development of the personality in the time of changes of modern society

Citovat

WYROBKOVÁ, Adriana and Lenka STOJANOVÁ. Representations of Gender Categories among Young People in the Czech Republic. In Zborník abstraktov z konferencie "Sociálne procesy a osobnosť 2006". Stará Lesná (Slovensko): Sociálne procesy a osobnosť, 2006, p. 40.

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WYROBKOVÁ, Adriana and Lenka STOJANOVÁ. Representations of Gender Categories among Young People in the Czech Republic. In \textit{Zborník abstraktov z konferencie ''Sociálne procesy a osobnosť 2006''}. Stará Lesná (Slovensko): Sociálne procesy a osobnosť, 2006, p.~40.

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