Obrazovanje i rodne uloge
Education and Gender Roles

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this paper is to explore the development of women’s education, to examine sex / gender inequality within the different educational systems in the social history of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Gender as a complex socio-cultural phenomenon is defined as socially constructed phenomenon meaning that the behavioral differences between men and women are learned and therefore are not an inevitable consequence of biology. Accordingly, the attribution of gender and gender roles is produced by society through the formation of behavior during the socialization process. Since education is a key element of social mobility and certain social roles allocated to individuals through it , there is a high degree of correlation between education level and social status. Education is also linked with social inequality. Patriarchal attitude towards women’s education and gender-specific differentiation within specific education systems in the past hindered the process of professionalization and the entry of women into certain professions. Attempt to discover, understand and interpret the social and educational history of women, represents the issue of society construction and specificiality of gender characteristics together with the way society imposes difference and inequality. It is important to emphasize that the category of gender must be understood in the context of society and that it depends on it.

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