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The purpose of this study is to assess the attitudes of men towards gender roles from different perspectives. The study group of the research is composed of 201 men selected by simple random sampling residing in Konya province. The distribution of males according to their ages is like; 54 individuals (26.9%) are in the age range of 18-25 years, 59 individuals (29.4%) are in the age range of 26-40 years, 47 individuals (23.4%) are in the age range of 41-55 years, and 41 individuals (20.4%) are 56 years and over. As a method of collecting data in the survey, a personal information form and a questionnaire form including the gender role attitude scale were used. The personal information form was prepared by the researchers and the gender role attitude scale was developed by Zeyneloğlu-Terzioğlu in 2011 and is a scale that consists of a total of 38 items. Frequency analysis and ANOVA methods were used to analyze the data obtained from the study. Findings indicate that differences between gender attitudes of males and their ages are significant in all subscales except for male gender role. Considering the differences between the attitudes towards gender roles and the levels of education, gender role attitude was found to be significant in all sub-dimensions compared to education level. When the differences between gender role attitudes and marriage patterns are examined, according to the obtained results, gender role attitude to marriage patterns was found to be significant in all sub-dimensions except for traditional gender role and male gender role. Gender role attitude was found to be significant in all sub-dimensions except for the egalitarian gender role and the sex role in marriage, according to the rate of religion affecting feelings and thoughts. The obtained results were discussed in the light of relevant literature.

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