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POLL RESULTS

We can check the results of our poll here .

Questions with

  • more than 10 votes: 23, 47, 12, 18, 29, 39, 9, 26, 28, 32, 24, 7, 3, 30, 35, 1, 10, 17, 6, 2, 36, 46,11, 13, 40.
  • between 5 and 10 votes: 15, 20, 27, 44, 19, 22, 38, 5, 4, 8, 33, 34, 41, 25, 31, 37.
  • less than 5 votes: 14, 16, 43, 42, 21, 45.

So, our survey must be something like this:

FAMILY LIFE AND CHILDCARE

1. (nº 12) If you have children, you usually take care of them.

2. (nº 9) You share your decisions with your husband.

3. (nº 7) Wife and husband should take turns staying at home with a sick child.

4. (nº 3) The mother should be awarded custody of the children when a couple is divorced.

DIFFERENT SKILLS / DIFFERENT EDUCATION

5. (nº 17) Women should concentrate on finding jobs in the fields of nursing, teaching, administrative work, and secretarial work since they already possess these skills.

THE BEST JOB

6. (nº 18) You earn the same salary than your male workmates for the same work.

7. (nº 26) Sex is relevant in your choice of a job.

8. (nº 28) Your colleagues and your employers should not put pressure on your dressing style.

9. (nº 24) Women shouldn’t hold a job on the nightshift.

SOCIAL MATTERS

10. (nº 29) It is important for a man to be ‘manly’ and a woman to be ‘womanly’.

11. (nº 32) Being a woman or a man should make no difference when it comes to opinions being accepted.

12. (nº 30) Man shouldn’t cry.

 POSSIBILITIES IN THE FUTURE

13. (nº 39) Women have opportunities and influence politics.

PERSONAL EXPERIENCES 

14. (nº 47) My career came to an end when I got married.

15. (nº 46) My first job was in accordance with my capabilities and education.

TIME TO VOTE

vote

On the right column you could find a poll for voting the questions for our survey which are now organized in categories to make easier your choice. Notice that questions are renumbered and modified to have these possible closed answers: Strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree.

It would be great if you choose as many questions  as is shown in brackets for each category(i.e. 4 questions for “Family life and child care” and so on…).

 FAMILY LIFE  AND CHILDCARE (4) 

1. Your being a mother has put an end to your career.

2. Women with preschool children shouldn’t work outside the home.

3.The mother should be awarded custody of the children when a couple is divorced.

4. Divorced men shouldn’t have to assume support for their children.

5. If a working couple buys a house, the husband should make the house payments.

6. Wives should make less money at their jobs than their husbands.

7.  Wife and husband should take turns staying at home with a sick child.

8. Maternity leave and maternity pay are enough.

9. You share your decisions with your husband.

10. When you have to make a decision, you need the approval of your husband.

11. You do all the housework.

12. If you have children, you usually take care of them.

 DIFFERENT SKILLS / DIFFERENT EDUCATION (1)

 13. A single man is not capable of taking care of children.

14. Boys should have more education than girls.

15. Boys are more intelligent than girls.

16. Men should not do office work because they lack hand dexterity.

17. Women should concentrate on finding jobs in the fields of nursing, teaching, administrative work, and secretarial work since they already possess these skills.

 THE BEST JOB (4) 

18. You earn the same salary than your male workmates for the same work.

19. You feel some discrimination on the part of your male workmates.

20. In a job interview someone asked you about your private life or about your sentimental life.

21. You feel some contempt of some workmate.

22. At work, women should be entitled to maternity leave.

23. A woman who has a job should be responsible for the housework as well.

24. Women shouldn’t hold a job on the nightshift.

25. Being a woman has been seen as an advantage when applying for a job.

26. Sex is relevant in your choice of a job.

27. At work, you feel pressure on your dressing style from your employers or colleagues.

28. Your colleagues and your employers should not put pressure on your dressing style.

 SOCIAL MATTERS (3)

 29. It is important for a man to be ‘manly’ and a woman to be ‘womanly’.

30. Man shouldn’t cry.

31. Being a woman is relevant when it comes to your opinion being accepted.

32. Being a woman or a man should make no difference when it comes to opinions being accepted.

33. Your sex is relevant in your career.

34. You engage in art, sports and science.

35. Women are much more exposed to violence than men are.

36. Your sex shouldn’t be relevant in your career.

37. Men engage in art, sports and science more than women do.

 POSSIBILITIES IN THE FUTURE (1)

38. I would vote for a female president even if she wasn’t the best candidate.

39.Women have opportunities and influence politics.

40. True equality will exist when the number of mediocre women who are promoted to relevant positions in society is the same as the number of mediocre men.
 

PERSONAL EXPERIENCES (2)

 41. I have studied at school.

42. I was forced to leave school.

43.You have been exposed to violence sometimes. 

44. My family chose a husband  for me .

45. I finished secondary education.

46. My first job was in accordance with my capabilities and education.

47. My career came to an end when I got married.

Thanks for your participation!

MORE QUESTIONS

What do you think about these new ones?

29. Have you studied at school? When did you finish your studies?

30. Were you forced to drop out or did you leave because you wanted to?

31. How old were you when you started school?

32. What was your first job?

33. Do you earn the same salary than your male workmates by the same work?

34. Do you feel any discrimination of your male workmates?

35. Have you done any work interview where anyone asked you about your private life? Or about your sentimental life?

36. Did you feel any contempt of any workmate?

37. Are you married? How old were you when you got married?

38. Did you feel free to choose your husband or was an imposition from your family?

39. Do you share your decisions with your husband?

40. When you have to take a decision, do you need the approval of your husband?

41. Who makes the housework?

42. Do you have any children? Who take care of them usually?

Do the same with these new questions:

19.How much does being a woman effect your being accepted when you apply for a job ?

20.How much effective is your sex on choosing job ?

21.How much effective is being a woman on your opinion being accepted?

22.Have you ever been exposed violence so far ? 

23.How much effective is your sex on your career? 

24.Does your being a mother put an ,end  your career ? 

25.Do you think maternity leave and maternity pay are enough ?

26.Do you feel pressure on your dressing style from your employees or friends at work ?

27.Do you think that the women have enough opportunity and effect on governing the country ?

28.Are you active enough in art , sports and science ?     

 

In this case, the possible answer are from 1(never/the lowest) to  5(always/the highest)

Here you are some questions that several students have suggested. Read them and try to contribute with some idea to improve them:  

1. Women with preschool children shouldn’t work outside the home.

2.The mother should be awarded custody of the children when a couple is divorced.

3. Divorced men shouldn’t have to assume support for their children.

4. If a working couple buys a house, the husband should make the house payments.

5. Boys are more intelligent than girls.

6. At work women should be entitled to maternity leave.

7. If a woman works outside the home, she should still be responsible for the housework as well.

8. I would vote for a female president even if she wasn’t the best candidate.

9. It is important for a man to be ‘masculine’ and a woman to be ‘feminine’.

10. Man shouldn’t cry.

11. Both men and women can be good doctors.

12. Wives should make less money at their jobs than their husbands.

13. Boys should have more education than girls.

14. Women shouldn’t hold a job on the nightshift.

15. Men should not do clerical work because they lack hand dexterity.

16.Women should concentrate on finding jobs in the fields of nursing, teaching, clerical, and secretarial work since they already possess these skills.

17. A wife and husband should take turns staying home with a sick child.

18. A single man is not capable of taking care.
The possible answers to these questions are: Strongly agree, agree, disagree, strongly disagree.

PREPARING OUR SURVEY

We are going to do some research on the current situation and evolution of women in each of our five societies.

This research is not intended to bring to light anything new, but rather to make you aware of the problems that women have undergone and still continue going through in their daily lives.

The most difficult thing for us, but also the most interesting, will be the the way we manage to coordinate our efforts  to develop a common survey to carry out in our closer environment.

Sample  questions from several students will be posted next and  you are expected to give your opinion about them (if you think that they are  suitable in your country, or if you think they  might be expressed in a different way…), you can write your opinion on the comment below.

Let´s get down to work, pull up your socks!, we have to get our survey ready in about 15 days.

At work

February 2007

The five coordinators applied for a grant to Socrates National Agencies.

September - October 2007

The National Agencies approved of the project. The real work started.

October 2007

Project teams at schools were formed. A common site for the project was created. The teams’ members started introducing themselves to the community.

November 19, 2007

Students’ forum started.Teachers and students were engaged in virtual communication with partners.

January 14, 2008

The project teams chose the women whose life and contribution they were to explore. The names were published on the site.

January 31, 2008

A Logo competition started. The first suggestion for the logo of the community was made by Bulgarian team and a blog for competitions was started.

February 2008

Spanish team involved students partners in a picture game, designed to help them know each other better.

February - March 2008

More new suggestions for the logo were made and students voted according to the rules.

March 11, 2008

The winner in Logo competition was announced. Turkish team’s logo was chosen to represent the partnership.

February - April 2008

February 2008- April 2008: A number of files about target women were published on the site. A preparation for the meeting in Madrid started. The Spanish partners provided a comprehensive agenda for the event. Host families for the students from Finland, Romania, Turkey and Bulgaria have been found. Presentations of the present day findings have been prepared. All the participants are getting ready for language and cultural exchanges, role plays, quizzes.


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