Gender inequalities: rooted in the family, education mitigates them
Interview with Antonio Tintori
Interview with Giulia Ciancimino
Participants
CNR Press Office: Emanuele Guerrini
The Institute for Research on Population and Social Policies of the National Research Council (Cnr-Irpps) has conducted two studies in primary schools in Rome and in upper secondary schools in Italy which show the presence of a pronounced adherence to stereotypical roles in boys and girls and the mitigation of such conditioning in the transition to adolescence.
The data indicate how gaps and stereotypes are still strongly reproduced within the family environment and the important role of the school in countering them.
Three charts are presented below to visualize the results.
- Figure 1. Level of adherence to male and female stereotypical roles
(responses for children and adolescents):
- Figure 2. Men are more inclined towards:
- Figure 3. Women are more inclined towards:
