Sociological study of cultural barriers to women's access to macro-political management in the country (Case Study: The faculty members of Tehran University )

Subject Areas : ‌Family

narges mottaghi ¹ , Zahra Hazrati someeh ² , Zahra ghasemi ³

1 - PhD student in Political Sociology, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.
3 - Assistant Professor, Department of Social Sciences, Central Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2019-10-27 Accepted : 2019-12-28 Published : 2019-11-22

Keywords: self-esteem, woman, Patriarchy, Political Culture, Political management,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to investigate "the cultural barriers to women 's access to macro - political management in the country. The theoretical framework of the research was designed using the theories of Huntington, Melbourne and Goel, Lipstedt, Dal, Pie, Welch, Tischler, Golombok and Feu. The research method is survey and it is explanatory, applied, exponent, micro and cross-sectional study. The statistical population of this study consisted of full-time faculty members (other than medical sciences) of Islamic Azad State and Tehran Universities. The sample size was 382 individuals. Data gathering tool was a researcher-made questionnaire whose face validity and reliability with Cronbach's alpha coefficient were 0.78. The results show that there is an effective relationship between cultural barriers and women's access to macro political management. The regression test showed that the research variables were able to predict about 42% of the total dependent variable (women's access to macro-political management in the country). Among the effective cultural barriers, women did not believe in their ability to restrain themselves with regression coefficient 0.403, patriarchal culture variable with regression coefficient 0.338, political culture variable with regression coefficient 0.189, and dominant cultural patterns and gender stereotypes with regression coefficient. 0.168, respectively, had the highest regression effect on the dependent variable (women's access to macro-political management in the country).