On the issues of gender socialization of Russian women in the context of society digital transformation
https://doi.org/10.26425/2658-347X-2025-8-1-4-12
Abstract
The peculiarities of gender socialization of Russian women, which testify to the global distrust between the sexes in the conditions of society digital transformation, have been considered. The statistical data on the numerical advantage of women over men, their almost equal share in the total labor force of the country, women’s superiority in educational level, which causes the growing number of unequal marriages according to this criterion, have been presented. The article touches upon divorce statistics, the issue of abortions, the number of which testifies to women’s distrust in men, and the issue of Russians’ preference for a single lifestyle. The process of women’s socialization depending on the order in which they master gender roles has been considered, and its differences from men’s gender socialization, which is rigidly ordered (while a modern Russian woman can choose which role she will master first – a wife, a mother, or a worker), have been shown. The gender socialization of Russian women is complicated by destructive social and cultural factors (raising a girl as a future mother rather than a male companion, emphasis on raising a girl as a future mother in the gender emic and targeting daughters to build a professional career while married). It has been concluded that it is necessary to develop a strategy of gender socialization of new generations of Russians at the state level with the orientation on the traditional value of “sturdy family”.
About the Authors
V. V. Krivopuskov
State University of Management
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Victor V. Krivopuskov, Dr. Sci. (Sociol.), Prof. at the Sociology, Psychology of Management and History Department
Moscow, Russia
N. A. Tsvetkova
Research Institute of the Federal Penitentiary Service
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Nadezhda A. Tsvetkova, Dr. Sci. (Psy.), Chief Researcher
Moscow, Russia
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Krivopuskov V.V., Tsvetkova N.A. On the issues of gender socialization of Russian women in the context of society digital transformation. Digital Sociology. 2025;8(1):4-12. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.26425/2658-347X-2025-8-1-4-12
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