國立臺灣大學政治科學論叢

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“This study concerns the connection between public gender consciousness andthe development of the women’s movement. Women’s movements have advocateddifferent gender issues and values in different time periods, which then diffuse intoand mobilize the gender consciousness of the general public. Following the progressof the Taiwan women’s movement, changes in the gender values of the generalpublic can be divided into two stages or generations. The first gender generationrefers to those who, experiencing social, cultural, and political change began tochallenge the established gender order and form new organizations which advocatedfor policy reform and changes in the social structure. This study labels thismovement as the “1970s generation women’s movement,” referring to thegeneration whose gender values are shaped by the collective women’s movementofthe time. The second gender generation arising in the 1990s following Taiwandemocratization and increased social plurality instilled women’s issues into theuniversity curriculums and campus activities and associations. With the appearanceof new members who had grown up in a relatively gender-equal environment, thefocus of the movement turned to the subject of identity and difference. We referthose whose gender values were shaped during this period as “1990s generationwomen’s movement.” To further examine the collective generational differences interms of gender values, this study applied the World Value Surveys for Taiwan in2006. The empirical test shows that the differences between the generation beforethe emergence of the women’s movement generation and the 1970s generationwomen’s movementare manifested in the gender equality values across a range of spheres, including education, employment, and political leadership. It also foundthat the main attitudinal differences between the generations of the 1970s and 1990sare related to issues of sexual liberalization, particularly in terms of attitudes towardhomosexuality and prostitution. In conclusion, this study shows that generationalunits are central to understanding the collective transformation of Taiwan’s gendervalues.”