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Perceptions of the Population of the Republic of Moldova on Discrimination: Sociological Study 50Although more than half of the respondents said there are equal opportunities in Moldova, thefindings of the Study show that our country continues to be traditionalist and conservative with regard tothe roles of women and men. Thus, the overwhelming majority of respondents agree with the statementsthat the man is the head of the family, that it is rather women’s duty to do housework, that it is rather men’sduty to support the family, and that it is men who should do the hard physical work. One in threerespondents said that women are less capable and cannot hold managerial positions and women have noplace in politics. This is primarily the opinion of men and of people with a low level of education.
Perceptions of the Population of the Republic of Moldova on Discrimination: Sociological Study 514. Stereotypes most frequently used in relation tocertain groups of peopleAccording to the respondents 8 , the following stereotypes are frequently applied to the discriminatedgroups of people:1. Persons with mental disabilities: mentally retarded, lacking discernment, unable to work,dangerous person who has to be isolated, is not able to have a family, miserable, sick, poor, insane,handicapped, underdeveloped, psychically sick, infirm.2. Persons with physical disabilities: handicapped, impaired, a burden, helpless, sick, unable towork, useless, incapable, infirm, lame, physical injury, punished by God.3. Sexual minorities: perverse, pedophile, dissolute, disgusting, degraded, immoral, sick, AIDSinfected,miserable, useless, psychically sick, abnormal, disoriented, imbecile, fool, stupid, pederast,gay/lesbian.4. HIV+ persons: dangerous, perverse, dissolute, unorganized lifestyle, it’s their own fault,miserable, condemned to death, poor, fear, danger, infected, death, should be isolated from the society,virus, illness, AIDS, unprotected, non-guilty, drugs.5. Women: mother, wife, householder, housewife, life, gentle, saint, warmth, love, esteem, respect,pride, balance, affectionate, smart, wise, tender, confident, tolerant, vigor, beauty, sensitiveness, cunning,caprice, wicked, dame, bondmaid, hardworking, worn out, sex.6. The poor: indigent, moneyless, homeless, sorrow, pity, foodless, jobless, lazy, it’s their own fault,poverty, vagrant, beggar, torture, fear, loneliness, humiliation, futureless, luckless, and without fate.7. The elderly: old person, powerless, helpless, fulfilled life, experience, wise, retired, grandparents,parents, pity, sorrow, poor, depression, loneliness, useless, speak a lot, death, burden.8. The Roma: gipsy, black, unwashed, uneducated, slippery, thief, do not trust them, beggar, united,tradition, dances, pleasant, friendly, hardworking, rich, resourceful, lazy, fear, filthy, hatred, wandering,indifferent, strange, noisy, witchcraft, mean, stingy.Concerning the persons of Roma ethnicity, respondents had to also answer an open-endedquestion. Therefore, when asked what characteristics are specific particularly to the Roma, therespondents listed the following first five positive characteristics: united, enterprising, friendly, hospitable,religious, and the following first five negative characteristics – thief, beggar, liar, lazy and dirty.Table 8. Respondents’ perception of the characteristics specific particularly to the Roma, %PositiveNegativecharacteristicscharacteristicsUnited 54 Thieves 45Enterprising 30 Beggars 398The question was open-ended.
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