Exploring a group of African male students' talk on gender equality.

dc.contributor.authorMdanda, Sanele N. I.
dc.date.accessioned2010-03-02T07:53:50Z
dc.date.available2010-03-02T07:53:50Z
dc.date.issued2010-03-02T07:53:50Z
dc.description.abstractThis research investigated the manner in which a group of African male students perceive and construct gender equality in the work place. A sample of 19 African male students within the University of Witwatersrand student population was used. The participants were aged between 19 and 30 years. This specific age range was chosen on the grounds that most students in this age range would have already formed specific views regarding gender equality. Individual and focus group interviews were the main methods of data collection; both types of interviews were conducted with this varied sample of African male students. The study was qualitative in nature and it employed thematic content analysis as a method of data analysis. Key themes were identified and discussed.The results indicated the contradictory nature of how men understand and accept equality. This was evident in how men tried to curb and undermine the empowerment of women in a manner that helped to advance the agenda of men. The participants used a varied number of strategies to try and argue for male power and control. These strategies were utilised as deemed contextually relevant by the men. This was especially relevant in how men were seen to negotiate their roles within the workplace in a manner that would align or help them be seen to be in favour of equal opportunities in the workplace yet in private and within their homes they were seemingly against the whole notion altogether.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10539/7586
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectMasculinityen_US
dc.subjectGender equalityen_US
dc.subjectEmpowerment of womenen_US
dc.subjectLegislated equalityen_US
dc.subjectMasculinitiesen_US
dc.subjectGender rolesen_US
dc.subjectWomen's role re-definitionen_US
dc.subjectWorkplaceen_US
dc.subjectAfrican women's economic struggleen_US
dc.subjectEnd of the empowerment of womenen_US
dc.titleExploring a group of African male students' talk on gender equality.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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