AN EXPLORATION OF GENDER ROLE ATTITUDES AMONG AFRICAN STUDENTS AT OHIO UNIVERSITY

This exploratory study examines the gender role attitudes of African students at Ohio University. Both quantitative and qualitative methods were used to collect data. Western and nonwestern scholars have extensively examined gender and its many attributes and their advances have established that gender role attitudes are shaped by a variety of factors such as socialization, marital and professional status. The findings of this study confirm that gender role attitudes are shaped not only by socialization but they are also changed by cultural and contextual circumstances.