Types of femininity and the life goals of young childless students at the University of Zielona Góra

Abstract

The aim of the research was to establish the relationship between the socio-cultural gender
of the surveyed women and their most important life goals that they would like to achieve in the future. Some of the empirical material from the research project ‘The role of fertility assumptions in shaping procreation intentions’ was used for the conducted analyses, which were carried out on a representative sample of full-time students at the University of Zielona Góra. The analysis of the students’ declarations regarding the five most important life goals that they would like to achieve in the future showed statistically significant differences between women in terms of their socio-cultural gender in the case of six out of twelve goals – being with a loved one, achieving professional success, traveling, having a child, having a group of friends and getting married. In addition, it was found that gender significantly differentiates the coexistence of goals traditionally associated with femininity in the declarations of female students, as well as the coexistence of goals traditionally associated with masculinity.