dc.rights.license | CC-BY-NC-ND | |
dc.contributor.advisor | Groot, Tjitske de | |
dc.contributor.author | Boelens, Sarah | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-08-30T00:01:27Z | |
dc.date.available | 2024-08-30T00:01:27Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/47505 | |
dc.description.abstract | Gender inequality and its negative consequences tend to be higher in non-WEIRD countries,
where patriarchal structures are dominant. Gender stereotyping can be seen as a profound
basis of these structures and has a negative impact on the daily lives of girls and women.
Gender stereotyping occurs from birth onward, and looking at the gender socialization and
identity theory of Carter (2014), parents are the source of gendered traits and behaviours in
their children. When focussing on Tanzania in existing literature, it remains unclear what the gender stereotypical beliefs of Tanzanian parents are, a gap this study aims to fill. In the
current research, twelve parents from the Lake zone region in Tanzania were interviewed. The results show that the majority of the parents have gender stereotypical beliefs about
behaviours, activities, rules and expectations when talking about their children. However,
parents have less gendered stereotypical beliefs about allowed emotions and disciplining.
These findings can be explained by parents holding on to their traditional beliefs about the
division of roles for women and men, although their environment is changing due to
globalization and urbanization. To decrease gender stereotypical beliefs of parents,
recommendations are given to include three aspects in parent training. | |
dc.description.sponsorship | Utrecht University | |
dc.language.iso | EN | |
dc.subject | Onderzoek naar de gender stereotyperende overtuigingen van Tanzaniaanse ouders. | |
dc.title | The Gender Stereotypical Beliefs of Tanzanian Parents about their Children | |
dc.type.content | Master Thesis | |
dc.rights.accessrights | Open Access | |
dc.subject.keywords | gender stereotypical beliefs, child rearing practices, gender equality,
Tanzanian parents | |
dc.subject.courseuu | Youth, Education and Society | |
dc.thesis.id | 38423 | |