Investigating preferences for patriarchal values among Muslim university students in southern Thailand

Abstract

Recent research on Muslim populations has offered interesting but limited insights about values preferences. This mixed-methods study examines the prevalence of support for patriarchy among a sample of religious Muslim university students in Southern Thailand using items from the World Values Survey. It also investigates the durability of these preferences by examining correlations between support or opposition to patriarchal values with preferences towards courtship practices, and elements that influence respondents' views on gender roles, particularly related to the contemporary socioeconomic and political situation facing the Muslim minority of Southern Thailand.

The Effects of Religion and Modernization on Egyptian Women’s IPV Attitudes

“…For instance, where some studies have measured religion through religious affiliation (Dollar & Roberta, 1999; Fish, 2002; Schnabel, 2016), others have used religiosity or the degree of religious belief/practice as an independent variable (Glick et al, 2016; Perales & Bouma, 2019; Seguino, 2011). Whereas some researchers focus on attitudes toward gender roles or patriarchal values (Glick et al, 2016; Moore & Vanneman, 2003; Perales & Bouma, 2019; Sateemae et al, 2017), others examine gender equality through measures such as employment and literacy gaps (Anyanwu, 2016; Baliamoune-Lutz, 2007; Dollar & Roberta, 1999; Fish, 2002). Regardless of such variations, existing research tends to argue either that religious affiliation and high degrees of religiosity reinforce patriarchy (Perales & Bouma, 2019; Schnabel, 2016; Seguino, 2011), or that some religions are more patriarchal than others (Anyanwu, 2016; Fish, 2002; Glick et al, 2016).…”