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DOI: 10.21064/WinRS.2019.2.5 In the article the authors present the results of a theoretical and empirical study of the psychological characteristics of working middle-aged women in the aspect of experiencing satisfaction — dissatisfaction with work, ideas about the time perspective, the expression of meaningful orientations. The study involved adult women who […]

Sungurova N. L., Il’ina E. V. Work satisfaction ...


DOI: 10.21064/WinRS.2019.2.4 The article reveals the socio-philosophical and disciplinary features of the modern un-derstanding of the phenomenon of “gender” and “gender identity”, identifies the most effective and widely used strategies for their study. It is revealed that in the modern interpretation the phenomenon of gender has an ascriptive status, a […]

Balditsyna E. I., Baklanov I. S., Baklanova O. ...


DOI: 10.21064/WinRS.2019.2.3 The article is an analytical review of the gender situation in Africa, dedicated to two an-niversaries: the 60th anniversary of the Institute for African Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences and the 30th anniversary of the Gender Research Group formed within the framework of its Research Centers […]

Krylova N. L., Xenofontova N. A., Prokopenko L. ...



DOI: 10.21064/WinRS.2019.2.2 The authors analyze the possibilities of using the synergistic potential of the society which is related to the optimization of gender relations in the society and equalization of the resource availability for the gender groups. The notion of a gender resource is presented as a possibility of social […]

Kashina M. A., Vasilenko L. A. Fractality of ...


DOI: 10.21064/WinRS.2019.2.1 The article is devoted to the little-studied problem of a new gender order formation as one of the types of social transitions in the context of globalization: the social-gender transi-tion. Its essence, forms of expression and conflict potential are analyzed. The analysis of the category “new gender order”, […]

Sillaste G. G. Social transitions and the formation of ...


Short overview of abstracts and discussions during the XI International Scientific Con-ference held in Nizhny Novgorod by Russian Association for Research in Women’s History (October 4—7, 2018) presents a varied tapestry of ideas and estimations, relating assessments concerning the gender aspects of urbanism, as well as innovative interdisciplinary approaches in […]

Pushkareva N. L., Mukhina Z. Z., Mitsyuk N. ...



The article is based on the analysis of literature and narrative sources, including those recorded in personal conversations. On the example of T. M. Zakharova the author shows the realization of “soft power” notion. T. Zacharova combined work at the Leningrad plant of laminated plastics with public diplomacy; she was […]

Sinova I. V. Т. М. Zakharova’s pivot in the ...


In an attempt to study gender innovations in education in the late imperial Russia, the author has focused on co-education in commercial schools. The practice of co-education, that failed to find strong support in the political and social circles of the late imperial Russia, was introduced privately in the secondary […]

Magsumov T. A. Gender re (e) volution of commercial ...


The reasons for the custom of bride kidnapping in the North Caucasus are investigated. The analysis of statistical indicators of the number of kidnappings, the number of criminal cases, the unemployment rate, the dynamics of per capita income in the region. There are three main reasons for the bride’s abduction: […]

Makhmudova M. M., Koroleva A. M., Makhmudova D. ...



“Yunosti Chestnoe Zertsalo” (“The Honorable Mirror for Youth”) belongs to the signif-icant cultural phenomena of Peter the Great’s epoch with its orientation to innovations. The more interesting is the connection of this book with the tradition, clearly exposed in gender asymmetry. Having analyzed its manifestations (in architectonics, composition, semantics of […]

Kapustin N. V. Origins of gender asymmetry in Russia ...


Understanding cohabitation not only as a sign of the institutional crisis of the traditional marriage, but also as a recognition of the objectivity of this phenomenon necessitates consideration in sparsely populated remote regions of the country. At present in Yakutia every sixth married couple prefers to not register their marriage […]

Sukneva S. A., Barashkova A. S. The phenomenon ...


A woman’s image in the car advertisements of the last two years has been analyzed in the paper. This segment was chosen because the car advertising is very illustrative of the social roles and gender stereotypes. Driving is presented as a man’s intrinsic matter though statistics of traffic police disclaims […]

Medvedeva E. I. A woman’s image in the car ...



The facts provided in the article show that a TV commercial, besides the task of goods promotion, actively contributes to formations of definite norms and styles of human social behavior in society. It seems possible because gender stereotypes categorize, simplify and schematize social reality. The sociological analysis of nonverbal behavior […]

Gogoleva E. N. Gender stereotypes in television commercials as ...


Family is the main institution for the rendition of values and norms, socialization of new generations and, ultimately, it determines the face of the society. Although the traditional monogamous family retains its positions in the mass consciousness, it has been transforming steadily being affected by the changing reality. The article […]

Kalachikova O. N., Gruzdeva M. A. Gender stereotypes ...