Investigating the relationship between gender inequality and cultural development (case study: female students of Tehran Islamic Azad University)

Bakhtiari, Hamid; Hazrati Someeh, Zahra; Vadiea, Sasan

doi:10.22054/qjsd.2023.70802.2420

Investigating the relationship between gender inequality and cultural development (case study: female students of Tehran Islamic Azad University)

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

hamid bakhtiari ¹

zahra hazrati someeh ²

sasan vadiea ³

¹ sociology-social sciences-tehran markaz islamic azad university-tehran-iran

² sociology of social sciences branch of islamic azad university.tehran center

³ islamic azad university of tehran tehran branch. tehran center

https://doi.org/10.22054/qjsd.2023.70802.2420

Abstract

Introduction & Objective: Gender inequality is one of the phenomena that can be seen in most human societies, and as a social issue, like other social phenomena, it is affected by various factors and on the other hand, it also affects other variables. The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the relationship between gender inequality and cultural development of female students of Islamic Azad University of Tehran.
Methodology: The research method was descriptive-correlation. The statistical population was all female students of Tehran Islamic Azad University with a total of 457,381 people. The sample size has been calculated using the multi-stage cluster sampling method proportional to the volume and simple random equal to 382 people. In order to collect data, a researcher-made questionnaire on cultural development (57 items) and gender inequality (34 items) was used. Data analysis was done using Spss22 software.
Results: The results showed that gender inequality in general and its dimensions such as (cultural inequality, social inequality, economic inequality, symbolic inequality) have an inverse relationship with cultural development. This means that with the reduction of gender inequality and its dimensions, the level of cultural development will decrease.
Conclusion Therefore, it is possible to strengthen cultural development and its components by reducing

Keywords

Gender inequality

cultural development

symbolic capital inequality

social capital inequality

economic capital inequality

cultural capital inequality

Subjects

۸۰/۵۰۰۰ Social Development Social Welfare Globalization Family abuse Job Satisfaction social participation

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