On the problem of achieving equality of women in Russia (history and modernity)

This article examines the evolution of the role of women in Russia and the slow process of establishing gender equality. Analysis of changes in the property status of women based on the study of legal documents is presented. The article considers the abuse of a wife in a patriarchal family. It is emphasized that true gender equality can be talked about only after 1917. In the XXI century women in Russia already occupy equal positions with men in almost all spheres of social activity: in the family, in education, in the labor market, which is promoted by the state policy. Most modern representatives of the weaker sex achieve economic independence from their husbands, while retaining the status of wife and mother. This is an example for all the peoples of the world, as opposed to Western countries, the United States, where same-sex marriages are promoted, where there is no mom and dad, but there is parent No. 1 and No. 2. The results of a questionnaire survey of student youth representatives on their assessment of the role of women in modern society and the family are presented. It is revealed that the current situation is characterized by polar tendencies: against the background of the general emancipation of women in Russian society, some of them strive to voluntarily give up gender and financial independence in favor of men.