Stereotype gender roles: why did society need them and does it need them now?

Hello! I am Rūta Budvytytė, a second year New Media Language student in Kaunas University of Technologies. I am doing a research on topic "Stereotype gender roles: why did society need them and does it need them now?". The objective of the survey is to find out do society uses stereotypical gender roles nowadays, most importantly do they need it. I would like to invite you to do this research if you are older than 13 years old. The survey is anonymous. If you would like to contact me through email: [email protected]

Thank you for participating!

What is your age?

To which gender identity do you most identify?

What is your nationality?

  1. american
  2. indian
  3. american
  4. lithuanian
  5. lithuanian
  6. lithuanian
  7. lithuanian
  8. lithuanian
  9. italian
  10. italian
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Do you believe in following traditional gender roles? (E.g. Men are the breadwinners and women are housewives and it can't be other way around)

Do you think children should be raised upon gender roles? (E.g. Not allowing boys to take ballet and not allowing girls to play 'manly' sports, along with raising girls to care for their husbands needs while they are the breadwinners etc.)

Do you think there should be an absolute gender equality?

Do you think you live in stereotypical gender role family?

If you think you live in the stereotypical gender role family what are the roles in the family for women/men?

  1. men work to bring money to the family. women stay home with the children.
  2. father takes care of buying food while the mother takes care of making it.
  3. -
  4. -
  5. even though my mom works and has a good career, she is a part-time worker because she had to take care of me when i was a child, and now she takes care of the house. my dad was a full-time worker and never took care of the house. even though there is equality in my home, like my dad not considering my mom less important or intelligent than him, for me, there is still a stereotypical gender role in my family.

Do our society needs stereotypical gender roles? Why? Why not?

  1. no
  2. no, because it's sexist.
  3. sometimes yes, sometimes no. in general, we assume that men are physically stronger just because most of the time they are indeed stronger. yet women are not weaker either and can do things that men can't handle, both mentally and physically.
  4. no, because everyone has the right to choose how they want to live their life.
  5. no, because it shortens people's opportunities; women are afraid to take on certain types of jobs, and the same goes for men, because they believe they will be judged.
  6. no, because everyone can be who they want to be, and that depends only on the individual or the family's beliefs. in such a case, no one can judge others or use these stereotypical gender roles.
  7. no, because it is the 21st century.
  8. they think they need this type of society because they are used to it, but it's not true; it's only about traditions.

What do you think. Do homosexuals/transgender people use gender roles in their families?

Other option

  1. i do not know.
  2. i really don't know.

Please give your feedback on this questionnaire

  1. good
  2. the cover letter is informative and contains the most important parts of a cover letter. in the question on age, your age intervals overlap. be careful with such questions as "do you think children should be raised upon gender roles? (e.g. not allowing boys to take ballet and not allowing girls to play 'manly' sports, along with raising girls to care for their husbands' needs while they are the breadwinners etc.)" and their answer options - what if people cannot have or do not want/plan to have children? other than that, this was a good attempt to create an internet survey!
  3. very good survey, great job.
  4. easy to answer
  5. good questionnaire, the questions were interesting.
  6. clear questions; pretty good cover letter.
  7. very well written cover letter, it is informative. the questions of this survey are very clear, they are as they should be with this topic.
  8. like it, it's a good topic.
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