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La desigualdad entre hombres y mujeres en la antigua Roma: un estudio sobre sus concepciones y conocimiento en el alumnado de historia

2019; University of Navarre; Volume: 28; Linguagem: Inglês

10.15581/012.28.001

2387-1814

Daniel Mateo Corredor, María Pastor Quiles,

Social Sciences and Humanities

This research study aims to approach the conceptions and knowledge of History students about different aspects in relation to sexual inequality in ancient Rome. By means of the elaboration and implementation of a questionnaire based on a Likert rating scale, the reactions of the students are analysed. The propositions offered to the students address aspects such as inequality in the access to political power structures, legal rights or the economic activities developed by women in the Roman period. The student’s responses reveal that these are aspects barely included in the university programmes on ancient Rome, which have been traditionally characterised by an androcentric bias as it occurs also in many other areas of knowledge. These results also highlight the necessity to continue developing knowledge about the historic inequality between women and men and also of the incorporation of this knowledge in the study programmes.