Asbel Bohigues, professor of the Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science and Administration of the University of Valencia.
Asbel Bohigues, professor of the Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science and Administration of the University of Valencia. A study co-led by Asbel Bohigues, a professor at the University of Valencia (UV), explains that holding opinions in favour of equality (opposed to sexist ones), recognising that gender inequality is a problem and supporting State action to encourage gender equality are three different dimensions within attitudes towards gender equality, and they are not mutually exclusive. The work, published in the journal Political Research Quarterly , analyses the factors that define attitudes towards gender equality in these three dimensions of Latin American political elites. In the conclusions, the doctor in Political Science and professor of the Department of Constitutional Law and Political Science and Administration of the UV highlights that religiosity, together with ideology and gender, determine attitudes towards gender roles. This makes religion the most important factor for equality (contrary to male chauvinism) and the recognition of equality. Bohigues also highlights that the key finding is that women systematically show a more egalitarian orientation in all three dimensions. The expert maintains that the results represent an advance in research on gender equality because "they indicate that even the elites that have opinions in favour of equality will not necessarily support the action of the State" in terms of equality.
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