IntroductionThe first aim of this report is to show if female's status in the fields of work, home, and social life, has improved compared with ten years ago. Another aim is to describe the different attitudes between men and women towards the change of female's status.All information about the report was collected via a questionnaire survey of 12 people in one class of Pre-sessional courses in Loughborough University. The questionnaire was divides into work, home, and social life with two questions for each part.Total: 12 (10 women & 2 men) Y=YES, N=NOQuestions female maleWorkLife 1 Y 90% N 10% Y 50% N 50%2 a 0% b 20% c 80% a 0% b 100 ...view middle of the document...
And males think in those special fields they all do better than females and half of them think females should gain higher positions.Home LifeIn Home Life, lots of women chose a, a little part chose b, and the least ones chose c in question 3. Half of men got a while others got b, no one chose c. In question 4, most women said YES while 1/10 said NO. And all men said YES. Most people said females do more housework than males nowadays but they are willing to share their income.Social LifeIn Social Life, in question 5, almost all women said NO. On the opposite, all men chose YES. It's similar in question 6.That describes in social life, there are a great difference between the attitudes of females and males.In conclusion, this survey appears that both women and men have consistent ideas in work life and home life. But in social life, for the questions about tradition and open-minded, women and men have different thoughts.AppendixQUESTIONNAIREWORK LIFE1. Do you think women should gain higher positions in companies?2. What do you think how do women act in a male dominated fields? E.g. Pilot, engineer, and army officer.a. better than menb. worse than menc. almost the sameHOME LIFE3. Who does more housework in your family?a. motherb. fatherc. either4. Would you share your income with your partner?SOCIAL LIFE5. Would you like to make the first move if you met someone who you were attracted to?6. Would you like to live with your partner before marriage?
