Barriers to Women participation in Cultural Activities

Subject Areas : Journal of Cultural Management

Mohsen Ameri ¹ (عضو هیئت علمی دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد نراق)
Maryam Sohrabi Renan ² (دانشجوی دکتری مدیریت و برنامه ریزی فرهنگی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد علوم و تحقیقات اصفهان)
Mahdi Hoseinirad ³ (دکتری مدیریت و برنامه ریزی فرهنگی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد علوم و تحقیقات اصفهان)
Fatimah Daee ⁴ (کارشناسی ارشد امور فرهنگی، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی واحد خوراسگان مسئول مکاتبات)

Received: 2014-08-28 Accepted : 2014-09-08 Published : 2015-08-04

Keywords: cultural barriers, participation, women, Cultural Activities, Television,

Abstract :

Introduction & Objective: Women's active participation in cultural activities is anissue that always has been faced with many obstacles and problems. So that, thebarriers have become evident in various cultural, social and religious forms and eachcan effect on the level of women's participation in activities. Hence, the aim of thisstudy was to investigate the effect of "patriarchal culture" and "mass media, withemphasis on TV programs", as some cultural barriers to women's participation incultural activities at cultural centers of Khorasgan city from the attitudes of thewomen in this city.Findings: Statistical community of all women in Khorasgan was included of 27,199people in which, by using a formula to determine the sample size, 378 were selectedas example, with multi-stage random sampling proportion to the sample size. Aresearcher made questionnaire was used to collect data and face and contentvalidity of the questionnaire was confirmed by experts in this field. Reliability of themeasuring tools was estimated equivalent with 0/82 using Cronbach's alpha, whichimplies the acceptable validity of the measuring tools. Data analysis was performedin two levels of descriptive and inferential statistics.Results: Findings showed that the role of patriarchy, as hindering women'sparticipation in cultural activities, has been more than average. The TV programsplayed same role as a barrier to women's participation in activities in cultural centersof Khorazgan city.