Examination of the Students' Perception of 'Honor' towards Women at a Faculty of Sports Sciences (Isparta Example)

The study aimed at investigating the students' perception of honor towards women at the Faculty of Sports Sciences at a public university in the province of Isparta, Turkey. The research was conducted by scanning model, one of the visual research models. The participants comprised 184 volunteer students. The data were collected via a personal information form and the Scale of Attitude Towards Women (Gürsoy, 2008), which was composed of a total of three dimensions and 25 items. Based on Cronbach alpha reliability results of the three dimensions and scale sequestered, the validity and reliability of the scale was set to 0.93. The data were analysed via the SPSS statistical analysis program. The normality test was conducted in order to determine whether the data were normally distributed and the total scores of the sub-dimensions included in the demographic questions and the woman's attitude scale. Since the data did not show normal distribution, multiple comparisons were examined with the Kruskal Wallis and Post-Hoc test, and the binary comparisons with the Man Whitney-U test. Significance level was taken as p <0.05. According to the findings from the data, significant difference was detected in terms of gender, family type, mother education and father education levels. No significant difference in age and place has been detected. As a result, it can be said that in the patriarchal societies, the phenomenon of honor is an obligation imposed on women. In other words, women come to mind when it comes to honor.