Evaluation of gender perception level of university students

The role concept covered by gender is the set of behaviors that determine what and how an individual should do according to the rules of the society in which he or she lives. The cultural value judgments of the society put pressure on the individual to comply with these rules. This study aimed to evaluate the gender perception level of university students. The population of the cross-sectional and descriptive study consisted of 752 students studying in Batman University nursing department, Gaziantep University classroom teaching department and guidance and psychological counseling departments between April 1 and May 31, 2022, and the research was conducted with 553 students who agreed to participate in the study. Data were collected face to face with the sociodemographic information form and the Gender Perception Scale. The data were evaluated in the SPSS program, and x² test was applied for independent groups in the program. 66.9% of the participants in the study are women and 74.5% have a nuclear family. 7.5% of nursing students, 6.9% of classroom teaching students, and 16.8% of psychological counseling and guidance students stated that they approved of men having sexual intercourse before marriage (p<0.05). When the participants were asked about their thoughts on the roles of men and women at home, 58.8% of the nursing students and 48.5% of the psychological counseling and guidance department students stated that the man's role at home was to bring money to the house, while 29.9% of the students in the 18-19 age group stated that the woman's role at home was to cook. (p<0.005). University students' views on gender vary depending on the department they attend and their age. In line with these results, it can be recommended that university students, who will be the parents of the future and the architects of society, be given training on gender concepts and roles.