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| An Exploratory Study of the Views of Modernization of Educated Saudi Women |
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Almohsen, Mohsen A., Ph.D. University of Pittsburgh, 2000. 123 pages. Adviser: Eichelberger, R. Tony; Martin, Don T. Publication Number: AAT 9974400. Currently, no sector of Saudi society has been subject to more debates and discussion than the women’s sector and its role in the modernization processes. Also, no issue is as controversial and creates as much contention between liberal and conservative groups in Saudi Arabia as women’s issues. This study was undertaken to investigate the views of educated Saudi female students in regards to their attitudes about the modernization processes. Data were collected from a two part selfadministered questionnaire: Part A, a Likert-type scale, and Part B, open-ended questions. Three scales measuring the dependent variable, namely attitude toward the role of women, exposure to mass media, and rationality, were used to assess the Saudi female students’ attitudes toward modernization. The study sample was 430 Saudi female students representing two levels of study, freshmen and senior students at the College of Education for Women (CEW) in Saudi Arabia. Data were coded and analyzed by using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) coding system at the University of Pittsburgh. Descriptive statistics, one-way analysis of variance, Pearson correlation, and t-test were used to examine the relationships between independent and dependent variables. Educated Saudi women, as this study indicates, support a number of changes in their roles related to modernization, but most see them within traditional family and household responsibilities.Most support working outside the home, greater freedom in mate selection, and more male involvement with some household responsibilities. But, working needs to be done in ways that are not disruptive to the family and a wife’s household responsibilities. Women with more education and those from higher income levels supported greater changes in the role of women, and greater involvement in modernization. On the other hand, a large majority of respondents indicated common interests among students and their mothers about the importance of mass media, such as newspapers, radio, and TV, as valuable sources of information. Most students’ mothers encouraged them to benefit from mass media because their generation did not have the opportunity or support for such changes. A majority of respondents reported several reasons for differences between students and their mothers regarding the role of women and modernization, such as urbanization, economic development, mass media, education, and technology. Given the central nature of Islam in Saudi Arabia, views of modernization related to those of the religion and culture may make a major contribution to the views of these women, but that relationship was not studied. |
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