Obbo, Jovent K. (1990) Men's Perception of Women and Women's Self-Image in Lusaka, Zambia. Masters thesis, University of Zambia.
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Abstract
There has been a growing concern on the situation of women particularly because of the conscientization, which resulted from the UN women's decade (1976-85) with its themes, "peace", "development" and "equality". Various reasons have been given for the failure to improve ~n the situation of women. One of them has been the persistence of traditional attitudes towards them. This study was an atte~pt to examine the above issue. It looked at both men's perception of women and women's self-image in the Zambian context. The main objectives of the study were to identify how women are perceived by men in the Zambian context; examine whether men1s perception of women is influenced by the variables of ag~, education, marital status, income and place of residence; identify how women in Zambia perceive themselves; find out the relationship between men1s perception of women and women's self-image; and whether women's self-image is influenced by the variables of age, education, marital status, place of residence and income. The following were hypothesized: men havea negative perception of women in terms of socio-economic status; women have a negative self-image in terms of socio-economic status; men1s perception of women and women's self-image are positively related to the variables of age, marital status, education, income and place of residence; men's perception of women is positively related to women1s self-image.The study employed the survey design. Data was collected from 200 male and female residents of lusaka urban. These were Zambian citizens of twenty-one years and above. The person to person interview was utilized. Computer techniques were used to process and analy~e the data. In the analysis frequencies, percentages, cross tabulations and correlations (Pearsons Chi-square) were used. The main findings of the survey were that women in lusaka, Zambia are generally positively perceived by men and . they have a positive self-image, in terms of socio-economic status. This finding did not support the theoretical hypotheses that (1) "men have a negative perception of women" (2) women have a negative-self-image in terms of socio~economic status". The findings partly failed to confirm the hypothesis that "men's perception of women and women's self-image are related to the variables of age and marital status, education, income and residence as mixed results were obtained. Finall~ it was recommended that more education opportunities for women be promoted; agents of socialization be sensitized to socialize members of the society in a way that will make them have high regard for women; efforts be made to have more women in higher occupations in the public sphere; restrictive policies which hinder women's involvement in the public sphere be removed and that future studies concentrate on how culture affects perception of women in lusaka, Zambia.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Geoffrey Obatsa |
| Date Deposited: | 01 Feb 2019 09:27 |
| Last Modified: | 01 Feb 2019 09:27 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/8975 |
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