The Gender Ideals in the Notions of High School Students

The paper presents the results of the study of high school students’ notions on the qualities of ideal women and men. The inquiry makes it possible to come to the conclusion that relatively well-formed ideas of woman with mainly patriarchal features are present in consciousness of students; but neither girls, nor boys have clear notion on a set of qualities of ideal man. This fact can be interpreted as a “crisis of masculinity”.