The present study attempts to explore female college students' criteria for judging the presence or absence of gender equality in various issues. Literature on sex role attitude measures suggests negative attitude toward sex role as the only criterion for defining gender-egalitarianism, whereas several studies on sex role attitude and feminist studies suggest more than two criteria. On the other hand, the social justice theory indicates possibility of diverse criteria in determining gender equality. Thus, to determine the judgment criteria for gender equality issues, 31 female college students were interviewed. Results indicate that not only several criteria, but also different criteria are used in judging gender equality in different domains. For public domain, equal opportunity, the principle of individual's ability, the principle of effort, and the principle of need; for private domain, the principle of traits of men and women, and procedural justice (discussion); for personal domain, the principle of equality and procedural justice (based on one's decision) seem to be used in determining gender equality.
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